Joshua 21:32
in Joshua 21And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
KJV
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth–dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
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This verse in Joshua 21
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
unto the children of Gershon
on Joshua 21:27-40
Gershon takes the north and Merari takes Zebulun with Reuben and Gad beyond Jordan, and four of the six refuge cities stand inside these verses at 27, 32, 36 and 38. Kedesh in Galilee is the town Deborah sends to for Barak at Judges 4:6, and Ramoth in Gilead is where Ahab dies in 1 Kings 22:29-37. Heshbon at verse 39 had been Sihon's royal city in Numbers 21:26, and Mahanaim at verse 38 is where Jacob met the angels in Genesis 32:2 and where David sheltered from Absalom in 2 Samuel 17:24. Levites are settled in towns that were Amorite capitals one generation earlier.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they gave . . . these cities which are here mentioned by name--It was overruled by the unerring providence of the Divine Lawgiver that the cities of the priests lay within the territories of Judah and Benjamin. This was a provision, the admirable wisdom and propriety of which were fully manifested on the schism that took place in the reign of Rehoboam.
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The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה | umimateh | and from [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| נַפְתָּלִ֜י | naftali | Naphtali | H5321 → | 51 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עִ֣יר׀ | ʾir | [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| מִקְלַ֣ט | miklat | <the> refuge of | H4733 → | 20 times |
| הָֽרֹצֵ֗חַ | harotzeach | the killer | H7523 → | 47 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קֶ֨דֶשׁ | kedesh | Kedesh | H6943 → | 12 times |
| בַּגָּלִ֤יל | bagalil | in <the> Galilee | H1551 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִגְרָשֶׁ֙הָ֙ | migrasheha | pasture lands its | H4054 → | 119 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חַמֹּ֥ת | chamot | Hammoth | H2576 → | |
| דֹּאר֙ | dor | Dor | H2576 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ | migrasheha | pasture lands its | H4054 → | 119 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קַרְתָּ֖ן | kartan | Kartan | H7178 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ | migrasheha | pasture lands its | H4054 → | 119 times |
| עָרִ֖ים | ʾarim | cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| שָׁלֹֽשׁ׃ | shalosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
וּמִמַּטֵּ֨הand from [the] tribe of
umimatehH4294 →252 times
נַפְתָּלִ֜יNaphtali
naftaliH5321 →51 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עִ֣יר׀[the] city of
ʾirH5892 →1090 times
מִקְלַ֣ט<the> refuge of
miklatH4733 →20 times
הָֽרֹצֵ֗חַthe killer
harotzeachH7523 →47 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
קֶ֨דֶשׁKedesh
kedeshH6943 →12 times
בַּגָּלִ֤ילin <the> Galilee
bagalilH1551 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִגְרָשֶׁ֙הָ֙pasture lands its
migrashehaH4054 →119 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חַמֹּ֥תHammoth
chamotH2576 →
דֹּאר֙Dor
dorH2576 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָpasture lands its
migrashehaH4054 →119 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
קַרְתָּ֖ןKartan
kartanH7178 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָpasture lands its
migrashehaH4054 →119 times
עָרִ֖יםcities
ʾarimH5892 →1090 times
שָׁלֹֽשׁ׃three
shaloshH7969 →432 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 20:7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
it leads to
- Joshua 21:11
They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
- Luke 1:39
In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
- 1 Chronicles 6:76
And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 21:13
So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
- Joshua 21:21
From the tribe of Ephraim they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
- Joshua 21:11
Through
1 Chronicles 6:76And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
it leads to
- Joshua 20:7
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 12:22
the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 20:7
Through
Joshua 19:35The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
it leads to
- Joshua 11:2
to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;
- Joshua 11:2
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.
