They gaveto them the [following] citiesof refuge:Shechemin the hillcountryof Ephraimwith its pasturelands,Gezeralso with its pasturelands,
Now Jacobcamesafelyto the cityof Shechem,whichis in the landof Canaan,when he camefrom Paddan-aram,and campedbeforethe city.
So they gaveto Jacoballthe foreigngodswhichthey hadand the ringswhichwere in their ears,and Jacobhidthem underthe oakwhichwas nearShechem.
[For] Pharaohkingof Egypthad goneup and capturedGezerand burnedit with fire,and killedthe Canaaniteswho livedin the city,and had givenit [as] a dowryto his daughter,Solomon'swife.
Now someof the familiesof the sonsof Kohathhadcitiesof their territoryfrom the tribeof Ephraim.
Jokmeamwith its pasturelands,Beth-horonwith its pasturelands,
the kingof Eglon,one;the kingof Gezer,one;
But they did not driveout the Canaaniteswho livedin Gezer,so the Canaaniteslivein the midstof Ephraimto thisday,and they becameforcedlaborers.
It wentdownwestwardto the territoryof the Japhletites,as faras the territoryof lowerBeth-horoneven to Gezer,and it endedat the sea.
So they setapartKedeshin Galileein the hillcountryof Naphtaliand Shechemin the hillcountryof Ephraim,and Kiriath-arba(that is, Hebron)in the hillcountryof Judah.
They gavethem Shechem,the cityof refugefor the manslayer,with its pasturelands,in the hillcountryof Ephraim,and Gezerwith its pasturelands,
