Joshua 20:2 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 20:2

“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

BSB

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ASV

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by Moses,

KJV

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Cities of refuge - An institution of this kind was essentially necessary wherever the patriarchal law relative to the right of redemption and the avenging of blood was in force; we have already seen that the nearest of kin to a deceased person had not only the right of redeeming an inheritance that had been forfeited or alienated, but had also authority to slay on the spot the person who had slain his relative.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Appoint - The possessions being now divided among you, reserve some of them for the use which I have commanded. Cities of refuge - Designed to typify the relief which the gospel provides for poor, penitent sinners, and their protection from the curse of the law and the wrath of God, in our Lord Jesus, to whom believers fly for refuge.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
דַּבֵּ֛ר	da.Ber	speak	H1696 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
תְּנ֤וּ	te.Nu	assign	H5414 →
לָכֶם֙	la.Khem	for <the> yourselves
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עָרֵ֣י	'a.Rei	[the] cities of	H5892 →
הַמִּקְלָ֔ט	ha.mik.Lat	<the> refuge	H4733 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי	di.Bar.ti	I spoke	H1696 →
אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם	'a.lei.Khem	to you	H413 →
בְּיַד־	be.yad-	by [the] hand of	H3027 →
מֹשֶֽׁה׃	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H4733hamiklat<the> refuge20×

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
leads to
- John 3:18–19
  Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Galatians 3:13
  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- Romans 5:1
  Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
  It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
Through
Numbers 35:6
Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
leads to
- Joshua 21:3
  So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
- 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,

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Joshua

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Joshua