Joshua 21:21 - Easy To Read Version

²¹ The city of Shechem from the hill country of Ephraim. (Shechem was a city of safety.) They also got Gezer,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ To them were given, each with its pasturelands (suburbs), Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, as the city of refuge for the slayer, and Gezer,

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ 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,

Common English Bible

²¹ They gave them: Shechem, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures in the highlands of Ephraim; Gezer and its pastures;

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ from the tribe of Ephraim, Shechem, one of the cities of refuge, with its suburbs, on mount Ephraim, and Gezer,

Joshua 21:21 Cross References

Joshua 20:7

So the people of Israel chose some cities to be called “Cities of Safety.” These cities were:

1 Chronicles 6:67

They were given the city of Shechem. Shechem is a city of safety. {\cf2\super [71]} They were also given the towns of Gezer,

Judges 9:1

Abimelech was the son of Jerub Baal (Gideon). Abimelech went to his uncles that lived in the city of Shechem. He said to his uncles and all of his mother’s family,

Genesis 33:19

Jacob bought the field where he camped from the family of Hamor, father of Shechem. Jacob paid 100 pieces of silver.

Joshua 21:22

Kibzaim, and Beth Horon. In all, Ephraim gave them four towns and some land around each town for their animals.

2 Samuel 5:25

David did what the Lord commanded him to do. And he defeated the Philistines. He chased them and killed them all the way from Geba to Gezer.

Joshua 10:33

Horam king of Gezer came to help Lachish, but Joshua also defeated him and his army. Not one of them was left alive.

Judges 17:1

There was a man named Micah that lived in the hill country of Ephraim.