Joshua 20:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they appointeda Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. ”

Joshua 20:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 20. The Cities of Refuge. The cities of refuge (p. 113) were not appointed till after the Deuteronomic reform under Josiah in Joshua 6:21 . In early times the asylum or refuge for the mansl...
Joshua 20:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

appointed =. separated, and thus sanctified.
Joshua 20:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. And they appointed Kedesh, etc The Hebrew word Kedesh here used, signifies also to fit and consecrate. Accordingly, I interpret, that cities were selected according as common use required...
Joshua 20:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. They appointed Kedesh in Galilee - The cities of re...
Joshua 20:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. They appointed ...
Joshua 20:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Appointment of Cities of Refuge The allotment of the tribal inheritance is followed by the appointment of six cities of refuge previously provided and in part assigned by Moses, according to t...
Joshua 20:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXVII. THE CITIES OF REFUGE. Joshua 20:1-9 . CITIES of refuge had a very prominent place assigned to them in the records of the Mosaic legislation. First, in that which all allow to be...
Joshua 20:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Cities of Refuge Joshua 20:1-9 These arrangements carried out Numbers 35:9-34 . Remember the distinction between deliberate murder and unintentional homicide. Only those who had committed the...
Joshua 20:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having come into possession of the land, the cities of refuge were provided according to arrangements already made. Three were fixed on the west of the Jordan and three on the east. They wire so plac...
Joshua 20:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Those three cities were now named, which the Lord had before commanded should be appointed so soon as the people were settled in Canaan: see Numbers 35:14 . Their situation favoured the flight of th...
Joshua 20:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in Mount Naphtali ,.... Of which see Joshua 19:37 ; the appointment of this and the two cities following was made by the children of Israel at this time: and...
Joshua 20:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. Ver. 7. And they appointed Kedesh. ] Heb., They...
Joshua 20:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And they appointed Concerning these cities, note, 1st, That they were all upon mountains, that they might be seen at a great distance, and so direct those who fled thither. 2d, That they were seate...
Joshua 20:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SIX CITIES OF REFUGE (vs.1-9) God had before directed that He would appoint six cities of refuge in Israel ( Numbers 35:9-15 ), and now that Israel is settled in the land these cities are to be d...
Joshua 20:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. 8 And on the other side Jordan by Je...
Joshua 20:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Concerning these cities, note, 1. That they were all upon mountains, that they might be seen at a great distance, and so direct those who fled thither. 2. That they were seated at convenient dist...
Joshua 20:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriatharba, the same is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah.' Three citie...
Joshua 20:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 20:7 . And they appointed ] Marg ., “sanctified.” These cities were consecrated, as holy, to the sacred work of preserving life. Hence, only Levitical cities were chosen. Life was to be thu...
Joshua 20:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 20:2 . Cities of refuge, all of which were inhabited by the levites. See on Numbers 35 . Some heathen temples, and after them christian churches, were places of refuge. In the laws of king...
Joshua 20:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Cities of refuge The cities of refuge 1 . The first thought that naturally occurs to us when we read of these cities concerns the sanctity of human life; or, if we take the material symbol,...
Joshua 20:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE CITIES OF REFUGE .— Joshua 20:1 Cities of refuge. The original is more definite, the cities of refuge. So LXX . Whereof I spake to you. In Exodus 21:13 ; Numbe...
Joshua 20:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Cities of Refuge. Since the Lord had commanded, Numbers 35, that cities of refuge should be chosen in various parts of the country, this matter was next attended to.
Joshua 20:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 6:76 ; 2 Chronicles 10:1 ; Genesis 33:18 ; Genesis 33:19 ; Joshua 14:15 ; Joshua 21:11 ; Joshua 21:13 ; Joshua 21:21 ; Joshua 21:32 ; Luke 1:39
Joshua 20:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Six Cities of Refuge Joshua 20:1-9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our study is about the six cities of refuge. We will open the study by considering the statements set forth in our Daily Bible Reading...
Joshua 20:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And they appointed — Concerning these cities note, That they were all upon mountains, that they might be seen at a great distance, and so direct those who fled thither. That they were seated at con...

Joshua 20:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 20:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Joshua 20:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 20:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 20:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 20:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 20:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 20:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joshua 20:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 20:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 20:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 20:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 20:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 20:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 20:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 20:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 20:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 20:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 20:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 20:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 20:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 20:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 20:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 20:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joshua 20:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes