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Joshua 21:32

in Joshua 21

And 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.

BSB

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.

This verse in Joshua 21

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

the Levite clans of the Gershonites

on Joshua 21:27-40

Gershon takes the north and Merari takes Zebulun with Reuben and Gad, and four refuge cities stand in verses 27, 32, 36 and 38. Ramoth in Gilead is where Ahab dies at 1 Kings 22:29-37, and Mahanaim is where David shelters from Absalom at 2 Samuel 17:24.

This site's exposition

Kedesh in Galilee

Kedesh is the northern refuge city, set apart at Joshua 20:7. Tiglath-pileser of Assyria captured it with all the land of Naphtali in 2 Kings 15:29 and took the people captive. Keil and Delitzsch identify Hammoth-dor with the Hammath of Joshua 19:35.

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 & Brown

1802–1910

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 words

Every 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.

  • 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 stops

Each 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 20:7

    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.

    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,

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 6:76

    And 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.

  • Through

    Joshua 19:35

    The 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;

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.

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.