Joshua 20:7

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.

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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 ....
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

appointed =. separated, and thus sanctified.
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 cit...
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. T...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 t...
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...
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 m...
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....
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 direc...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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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 mountai...
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 thit...
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 He...
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, onl...
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 ch...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they, in accordance with this express order of the Lord, appointed Kedesh in Galilee in Mount Naphtali, in the extreme northern part of Canaan,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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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 th...

⁷ And they appointeda Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 20:7

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joshua 20:7