Joshua 21:21
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
Context
This verse from Joshua Chapter 21 connects to 8 cross-references. The Levitical leaders approach Eleazar and Joshua requesting cities and pastureland as God had commanded through Moses; lots are cast to distribute forty-eight cities with pastureland among the Levites from the various tribal territories. The chapter closes by summarizing that …
Other Translations
And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
and they give to them the city of refuge <FI>for<Fi> the man-slayer, Shechem and its suburbs, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,
And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;
Cross References
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children …
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this …
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in …
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all …
And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord, …
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also …