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As soon as the manslayer presented himself at the city of refuge, the
elders of the city were to hold an inquiry, and receive him
provisionally into the city. Afterward, when the avenger of blood
shou...
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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...
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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...
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_shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city_ not i.e. outside
the gate of the city, but in the forum, or public place of judgment.
Comp. Ruth 4:1-2.
_in the ears of the elders of that city_ B...
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_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...
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_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...
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_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 T...
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20:4 take (a-35) Lit. 'gather,' as Deuteronomy 33:5 ....
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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...
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JOSHUA
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CHAPTER 20
*CITIES OF *REFUGE – JOSHUA 20:1-9...
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וְ נָ֞ס אֶל ־אַחַ֣ת ׀ מֵ הֶ עָרִ֣ים
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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...
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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...
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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...
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God gave Moses direction concerning the cities of refuge in Numbers
35:9-33; Deuteronomy 4:41-43; Deuteronomy 19:1-21. In...
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_Gate, where justice was administered. (Menochius) --- Here the
ancients heard what the manslayer had to say in his own defence; and
if they thought his account plausible, they gave him a retreat till...
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Those instructions are again repeated, which we find in Deuteronomy
19:1, as if the Holy Ghost was pleased to have this important subject
very clearly to be understood. I beg the Reader not to overloo...
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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...
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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...
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AND WHEN HE THAT DOTH FLEE UNTO ONE OF THOSE CITIES,.... Any one of
them, that was nearest to him:
SHALL STAND AT THE ENTERING OF THE GATE OF THE CITY; for he might not
rush in without leave:
AND SH...
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_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 t...
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_The gate_ Where the judges used to sit. _His cause_ Shall give them a
true relation of the fact, and all its circumstances. _They shall take
him_ If they are satisfied in the relation he makes concer...
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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...
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And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the
entering of the gate of the city, when begging for admission to the
safety of its sacred precincts, AND SHALL DECLARE HIS CAUSE I...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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The judges used to sit AT THE ENTERING OF THE GATE. His cause, or, his
matters or business, what he hath done, and why, and how; he shall
give them a true relation of the fact, and all its circumstanc...
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‘ And he shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the
entering of the gate of the city and declare his cause in the ears of
the elders of that city, and they shall take him into the city...
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 20:1__ The designation of six cities of refuge
(ch. Joshua 20:1) and 48 Levitical cities (Joshua 21:1
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_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...
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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
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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...
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Hebrews 6:18; Jeremiah 38:7; Job 29:7; Job 5:4; Proverbs 31:23;...
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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...
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The gate — Where the judges used to sit. His cause — Shall give
them a true relation of the fact, and all its circumstances. They
shall take him — If they are satisfied in the relation he makes,
conce...