Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Joshua 20:3
That the slayer that killeth [any] person (a) unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
(a) At unawares and bearing him no grudge.
That the slayer that killeth [any] person (a) unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
(a) At unawares and bearing him no grudge.
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...
KILLETH ANY PERSON. smiteth. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ See App-13. Literally. killer, smiting. soul. UNWITTINGLY. unknowingly (anglo-Saxon)....
_That the slayer that killeth any person unawares_ In accordance with these regulations a wide distinction was made between the man who committed wilful murder, and one who slew another by mistake, in...
_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...
_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...
_THAT THE SLAYER THAT KILLETH ANY PERSON UNAWARES AND UNWITTINGLY MAY FLEE THITHER: AND THEY SHALL BE YOUR REFUGE FROM THE AVENGER OF BLOOD._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
20:3 unwittingly (g-5) See Numbers 35:11 ....
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...
UNWITTINGLY] manslaughter, as we should say, as distinct from murder. See the elaborate rules and distinctions drawn out in Numbers 35:16. Note that this is not the ordinary, almost universal, princip...
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...
Of blood, and authorized to kill the manslayer, (Menochius) if he find him out of one of these cities. See Numbers xxxv. 6., and Deuteronomy xix. 4. Revenge was never lawful: but to prosecute offender...
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...
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...
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...
THAT THE SLAYER THAT KILLETH [ANY] PERSON UNAWARES, [AND] UNWITTINGLY, MAY FLEE THITHER,.... Who through mere accident, and without design, killed a person, friend or foe, one of his own kindred, or a...
That the slayer that killeth [any] person unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. Ver. 3. _That killeth any person unawares and unwitting...
_Unwittingly_ Hebrew, _Through ignorance_, or _error_, or _mistake_, and _without knowledge._ The same thing is twice repeated, to cut off all expectations that wilful murderers might have of protecti...
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...
that the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly, without malice, without evil intention, MAY FLEE THITHER; AND THEY SHALL BE YOUR REFUGE FROM THE AVENGER OF BLOOD, as had been provide...
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...
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...
UNAWARES AND UNWITTINGLY, Heb. _through ignorance, or error, or mistake, and without knowledge_; the same thing twice repeated, to cut off all the claims and expectations that wilful murderers might h...
Joshua 20:3 slayer H7523 (H8802) kills H5221 (H8688) person H5315 accidentally H7684 unintentionally H1847 flee H51
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...
AVENGER Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...
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—NOTE ON JOSHUA 20:3 A MANSLAYER was a person who unintentionally or without premeditation took another’s life. The AVENGER OF BLOOD was responsible for seeing that the murderer was punished (se...
_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...
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...
Unwittingly — Heb. Through ignorance, or error, or mistake, and without knowledge. The same thing twice repeated to cut off all the expectations that wilful murderers might have of protection here; Go...