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 refuge, upon the footing which he had specified to Moses. See on Numbers 35 and Deuteronomy 19. The slayer was to stand at the gate of the city, ver. 4 as being the place where the courts of justice were held.
CHAPTER XX _Joshua is commanded to appoint cities of refuge_, 1, 2. _The purpose of their institution_, 34. _Three cities are appointed in the promised land_, 7; _and three on the east side of Jor...
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...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. SPOKE. See note on Joshua 1:1....
Joshua 20:1-6. The Divine Command respecting the Cities of Refuge 1. _The Lord also spake unto Joshua_ As soon as the Tribes had received the portion of their inheritance, the Lord directed that Josh...
_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...
_THE LORD ALSO SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA, SAYING,_ The Lord also spake unto Joshua ......
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...
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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...
I cannot enter upon the subject of this chapter, without again and again calling upon the Reader to attend to the very precious doctrine veiled under the appointment of this city of refuge. Its import...
CONTENTS This chapter is but short, but the contents of it are interesting. The Lord appoints, and the children of Israel set apart, six cities for refuge. And as those cities were evidently a shadow...
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...
1._The Lord also spoke unto Joshua, _etc In the fact of its not having occurred to their own minds, to designate the cities of refuge, till they were again reminded of it, their sluggishness appears t...
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...
THE LORD ALSO SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA,.... Out of the tabernacle, at the door of which he with the high priest and princes were; the Lord had spoken to him before concerning dividing the land among the trib...
_The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,_ Ver. 1. _The Lord also spake unto Joshua._] Whether in a sensible apparition, or prophetic revelation, or otherwise: for "at sundry times and in divers mann...
_The Lord also spake unto Joshua_ Probably from the tabernacle, at the door of which he and Eleazar and the princes had been making a division of the land, as the last verse of the preceding chapter i...
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...
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....
The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,...
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...
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...
JOSHUA CHAPTER 20 God commands six cities of refuge for those who unawares should slay a man, JOSHUA 20:1. The right use of them, JOSHUA 20:5,6. The Israelites appoint hereunto three cities on this, a...
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CHAPTER 20 THE CITIES OF REFUGE APPOINTED. This chapter tells of the renewal of the command to appoint cities of refuge so that they would be available for those who committed manslaughter ‘unwittingl...
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
_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...
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...
Joshua 13:1; Joshua 5:14; Joshua 6:2; Joshua 7:10...
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...