Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities.
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Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities.
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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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And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with the open land about it, and Kartan with the open land about it; three cities.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Joshua 21:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 20:7 They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.
- Joshua 19:35 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
- Joshua 19:37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, Galilee.
Or, Galilee.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in…
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,.... Of which see Jos 20:7,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer; this is the fourth city of refuge mentioned:
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and Hammothdor with her suburbs; the same with Hammon, Ch1 6:76; and with Hammath, Jos 19:35; and is thought by some to be Tiberias, so called from the hot baths in or near it:
and Kartan with her suburbs; called Kirjathaim, Ch1 6:76; but cannot be the Kirjathaim in Num 32:37; for that belonged to the tribe of Reuben, and was on the other side Jordan:
three cities; this being a lesser tribe than some others gave fewer cities, according to the rule in Num 35:8.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 32. Kedesh in Galilee] See ch. Jos_19:37; Hammoth-dor, Jos_19:35;…
32. Kedesh in Galilee] See ch. Jos_19:37; Hammoth-dor, Jos_19:35; Kartan = Rakkath, ch. Jos_19:35, and written Kirjathaim, 1Ch_6:76.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Galilee. (see above, Jos_20:7)
Galilee. (see above, Jos_20:7)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave the clans…
From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave the clans of Gershon Kedesh
This can be stated in active form. AT: "The clans of Gershon received from the tribe of Naphtali Kedesh" (See: Active or Passive)
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Gershon
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Hammoth Dor ... Kartan
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thirteen cities in all
"13 cities in total" (See: Numbers)
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Naphtali
Kedesh
Galilee
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