George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Joshua 20:7
Cedes and Gaulon lay on the north, Sichem and Ramoth in the middle, Hebron and Bosor on the south of the country. (Haydock)
Cedes and Gaulon lay on the north, Sichem and Ramoth in the middle, Hebron and Bosor on the south of the country. (Haydock)
Verse Joshua 20:7. _THEY APPOINTED KEDESH IN GALILEE_] The cities of refuge were distributed through the land at proper distances from each other that they might be convenient to every part of the la...
7. THE CITIES OF REFUGE CHAPTER 20 _ 1. The ordinance repeated (Joshua 20:1)_ 2. The cities named (Joshua 20:7) The reader will find the meaning of the ordinance of the cities of refuge in Numbers...
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 manslayer...
APPOINTED =. separated, and thus sanctified....
The Selection of the Cities of Refuge 7. _And they appointed_ Rather, they SANCTIFIED, SET APART FOR A SACRED PURPOSE. The Cities of Refuge were intended to preserve the People and the Land of Jehovah...
_The Appointment of the Cities of Refuge Joshua 20:7-9_ 7 And they appointed Kedesh in Gaililee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Ju...
_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 ......
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 the t...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 20 *CITIES OF *REFUGE – JOSHUA 20:1-9...
וַ יַּקְדִּ֜שׁוּ אֶת ־קֶ֤דֶשׁ בַּ † גָּלִיל֙...
CHAPTER XXVII. THE CITIES OF REFUGE. Joshua 20:1. 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 the earl...
CITIES OF REFUGE Joshua 20:1 These arrangements carried out Numbers 35:9. Remember the distinction between deliberate murder and unintentional homicide. Only those who had committed the latter were...
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 place...
God gave Moses direction concerning the cities of refuge in Numbers 35:9-33; Deuteronomy 4:41-43; Deuteronomy 19:1-21. In...
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 the p...
In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power. Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
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. (174) H...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 THROUGH 24. Chapter 12 is only a summary of their conquests. The Holy Ghost not only gives us the victory over our enemies, but makes us understand and kno...
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 SHECHE...
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 sa...
_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 seated...
1 God commandeth, 7 and the children of Israel appoint the sixe cities of Refuge. 1 THE LORD also spake vnto Ioshua, saying, 2 Speake to the children of Israel, saying, [NOTE: Exodus 21:13; Numbers...
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, AND SHECHEM IN MOUNT EPHRAIM, in the approximate cen...
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....
SIX CITIES OF REFUGE (vs.1-9) God had before directed that He would appoint six cities of refuge in Israel (Numbers 35:9), and now that Israel is settled in the land these cities are to be designated...
APPOINTED: _ Heb._ sanctified...
7-9 These cities, as those also on the other side Jordan, stood so that a man might in half a day reach one of them from any part of the country. God is ever a Refuge at hand. They were all Levites'...
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 distanc...
Joshua 20:7 appointed H6942 (H8686) Kedesh H6943 Galilee H1551 mountains H2022 Naphtali H5321 Shechem H7927 mountains H2022
‘ 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 cities wer...
CONTENTS: Cities of refuge. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua. CONCLUSION: Other refuge have we none, in any trouble, save Him in whom our trust is stayed. KEY WORD: Refuge, Joshua 20:2. STRONG VERSES: Josh...
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 Ina,...
_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, the...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 20:1__ The designation of six cities of refuge (ch. Joshua 20:1) and 48 Levitical cities (Joshua 21:1
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 thus pre...
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 21:1
Now in the twentieth chapter you remember that when they came into the land, they were to establish cities of refuge so that anybody who had killed someone accidentally, who had not had a foremalice o...
1 Chronicles 6:76; 2 Chronicles 10:1; Genesis 33:18; Genesis 33:19;...
THE SIX CITIES OF REFUGE Joshua 20:1 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 Readings: 1. C...
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 conven...