TSK The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, spake Joshua 5:14 And he said, No; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now … Joshua 6:2 And the LORD said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hand Jericho, … Joshua 7:10 And the LORD said to Joshua, Get you up; why lie you thus on your face? Joshua 13:1-7 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said to him, … Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: Appoint Exodus 21:13,14 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; … Numbers 35:6,11-14 And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall … Deuteronomy 4:41-43 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sun rise… Deuteronomy 19:2-13 You shall separate three cities for you in the middle of your land, … Romans 8:1,33,34 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ … Hebrews 6:18,19 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God … your refuge Numbers 35:15-24 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, … That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. at the entering Revelation 4:1,2 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven… Job 5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, … Job 29:7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my … Proverbs 31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land. Jeremiah 38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in … take Psalm 26:9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: that he may Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God … And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. until Numbers 35:12,24,25 And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger; that … Hebrews 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world… And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. appointed [heb] sanctified Kedesh and Hebron were at the two extremities of the land, the former being in Galilee, and the latter in Judah, both in mountainous districts, and Shechem was in mount Ephraim, nearly in the centre. Bezer was east of Jordan, in the eastern part of the plain opposite Jericho; Ramoth was about the midst of the country of the two tribes and a half, being about the middle of the mountains of Gilead; and Golan, the capital of Gaulonitis, was situated in the tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Bashan. As this institution is considered as a type of Christ, some expositors observe a significance in the names of these cities with application to Him as OUR REFUGE. Kedesh signifies holy, and our refuge is the holy Jesus. Shechem, a shoulder, and the government is upon his shoulder.' Hebron, fellowship, and believers are called into the fellowship of Christ Jesus out Lord. Bezer, a fortification, for he is a strong hold to all them that trust in him. Ramoth, high, or exalted, for him hath God exalted with his own right hand. Golan, joy, or exultation, for in him all the saints are justified, and shall glory. Joshua 21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, … 1 Chronicles 6:76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, … Shechem Joshua 21:21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to … Genesis 33:18,19 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land … 2 Chronicles 10:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come … Kirjath-arba Joshua 14:15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great … Joshua 21:11,13 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city … mountain Luke 1:39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with … And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. Bezer Joshua 21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah … Deuteronomy 4:43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; … 1 Chronicles 6:78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, … Ramoth Joshua 21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to … 1 Kings 22:3,4,6 And the king of Israel said to his servants, Know you that Ramoth … 1 Chronicles 6:80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and … Golan Joshua 21:27 And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites… These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880] Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission Bible Hub |
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