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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Joshua 20:4

The judges used to sit at the entering of the gate. His cause, or, his matters or business, what he hath done, and why, and how; he shall give them a true relation of the fact, and all its circumstances. They shall take him into the city; understand, if they are satisfied in the relation he makes concerning the fact, otherwise it had been a vain thing to examine his cause. Give him a place; which they might well allow him, because God gave them the city with a reservation for such persons.

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See also Joshua 20:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    As soon as the manslayer presented himself at the city of refuge, the elders of the city were to hold an inquiry, and receive him provisionally into the city. Afterward, when the avenger of blood shou...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • 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 manslayer...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city_ not i.e. outside the gate of the city, but in the forum, or public place of judgment. Comp. Ruth 4:1-2. _in the ears of the elders of that city_ B...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 1-6. _THE LORD ALSO SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA, SAYING,_ &C.— The great work of distributing the lands being now finished, God orders Joshua to put the last hand to the settlement of the cities of refug...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _God's Instructions to Joshua 20:1-6_ The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND WHEN HE THAT DOTH FLEE UNTO ONE OF THOSE CITIES SHALL STAND AT THE ENTERING OF THE GATE OF THE CITY, AND SHALL DECLARE HIS CAUSE IN THE EARS OF THE ELDERS OF THAT CITY, THEY SHALL TAKE HIM INTO T...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    20:4 take (a-35) Lit. 'gather,' as Deuteronomy 33:5 ....

  • 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 the t...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ נָ֞ס אֶל ־אַחַ֣ת ׀ מֵ הֶ עָרִ֣ים

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    God gave Moses direction concerning the cities of refuge in Numbers 35:9-33; Deuteronomy 4:41-43; Deuteronomy 19:1-21. In...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Gate, where justice was administered. (Menochius) --- Here the ancients heard what the manslayer had to say in his own defence; and if they thought his account plausible, they gave him a retreat till...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND WHEN HE THAT DOTH FLEE UNTO ONE OF THOSE CITIES,.... Any one of them, that was nearest to him: SHALL STAND AT THE ENTERING OF THE GATE OF THE CITY; for he might not rush in without leave: AND SH...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The gate_ Where the judges used to sit. _His cause_ Shall give them a true relation of the fact, and all its circumstances. _They shall take him_ If they are satisfied in the relation he makes concer...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, when begging for admission to the safety of its sacred precincts, AND SHALL DECLARE HIS CAUSE I...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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....

  • Leslie 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), and now that Israel is settled in the land these cities are to be designated...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 When the Israelites were settled in their promised inheritance, they were reminded to set apart the cities of refuge, whose use and typical meaning have been explained, Joshua 20:35; Joshua 20:19...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 20:4 flees H5127 (H8804) one H259 cities H5892 stands H5975 (H8804) entrance H6607 gate H8179 city...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And he shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, and they shall take him into the city...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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 Ina,...

  • 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, the...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 20:1__ The designation of six cities of refuge (ch. Joshua 20:1) and 48 Levitical cities (Joshua 21:1

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _THE CITIES OF REFUGE_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 20:2. Appoint out for you cities of refuge] _Heb_. “Appoint,” or “Give for you the cities of refuge.” The article, which is omitted in A.V., points to t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Hebrews 6:18; Jeremiah 38:7; Job 29:7; Job 5:4; Proverbs 31:23;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The gate — Where the judges used to sit. His cause — Shall give them a true relation of the fact, and all its circumstances. They shall take him — If they are satisfied in the relation he makes, conce...

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