Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer, New Living Translation Shechem (a city of refuge in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer, English Standard Version They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands, Berean Standard Bible They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer, King James Bible And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, New King James Version And they gave them one of the cities of refuge, Shechem with its common-lands, in the mountains of Ephraim, also Gezer with its common-lands, New American Standard Bible They gave to them the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer with its pasture lands, NASB 1995 They gave to them the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer also with its pasture lands, NASB 1977 And they gave to them the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer also with its pasture lands, Legacy Standard Bible And they gave to them the following cities of refuge: Shechem, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands, Amplified Bible They gave to the Levites the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer with its pasture lands; Christian Standard Bible Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands, Holman Christian Standard Bible Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands, American Standard Version And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs, Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they gave them the cities of salvation: Shecheem and its villages in the mountain of the tribe of the house of Aphreim, and Yazir and its hamlets Brenton Septuagint Translation And they gave them the cities of refuge, Sychem and her suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer and her suburbs, Douay-Rheims Bible And they gave the cities of refuge Sichem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with its suburbs, English Revised Version And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with her suburbs; Gezer also with her suburbs; GOD'S WORD® Translation They were given these cities of refuge: Shechem with its pastureland in the hills of Ephraim, Gezer with its pastureland, Good News Translation Shechem, the city of refuge in the hills of Ephraim, Gezer, International Standard Version They were given these cities of refuge: Shechem with its surrounding suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its surrounding suburbs, JPS Tanakh 1917 And they gave unto them the city of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with the open land about it; Gezer also with the open land about it; Literal Standard Version and they give the cities of refuge to them: Shechem and its outskirts in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its outskirts, Majority Standard Bible They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer, New American Bible They were assigned cities of refuge: Shechem in the mountain region of Ephraim, with its pasture lands, Gezer with its pasture lands, NET Bible They were allotted as cities of refuge Shechem and its pasturelands (in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer and its pasturelands, New Revised Standard Version They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands, New Heart English Bible They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs, Webster's Bible Translation And they gave to them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with its suburbs; they gave also Gezer with its suburbs, World English Bible They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands and Gezer with its pasture lands, Young's Literal Translation and they give to them the cities of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Territories for the Levites…66And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory: 67They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer, 68Jokmeam, Beth-horon,… Cross References 1 Chronicles 6:66 And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory: 1 Chronicles 6:68 Jokmeam, Beth-horon, Treasury of Scripture And they gave to them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, Shechem. Genesis 33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. Genesis 35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. Joshua 20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. Gezer. Joshua 12:12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; Joshua 16:3,10 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea… 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, Jump to Previous Cities City Country Ephraim E'phraim Flight Following Gezer Hill Hill-Country Lands Mount Open Pasture Refuge Safe Shechem SuburbsJump to Next Cities City Country Ephraim E'phraim Flight Following Gezer Hill Hill-Country Lands Mount Open Pasture Refuge Safe Shechem Suburbs1 Chronicles 6 1. The sons of Levi.4. The line of Eleazar unto the captivity. 16. The families of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 49. The office of Aaron, and his line unto Ahimaaz. 54. The cities of the priests and Levites. (67) And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge . . .--The correct version of the Hebrew text is, "And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem and her pastures, in the hill-country of Ephraim; and Gezer and her pastures." Perhaps both here and in 1Chronicles 6:57 above "city" ('iyr), and not "cities" ('arey), is the original reading. We have already noticed many indications of textual corruption in this and the former section. Gezer was not a city of refuge. (See Note on 1Chronicles 6:57.) Joshua 21:21 has the singular. Hebrew They were givenוַיִּתְּנ֨וּ (way·yit·tə·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set Shechem שְׁכֶ֥ם (šə·ḵem) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor (a city עָרֵ֧י (‘ā·rê) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 5892: Excitement of refuge) הַמִּקְלָ֛ט (ham·miq·lāṭ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4733: Refuge, asylum with its pasturelands מִגְרָשֶׁ֖יהָ (miḡ·rā·še·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 4054: A suburb, the area around a, building, the margin of the sea in the hill country בְּהַ֣ר (bə·har) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country of Ephraim, אֶפְרָ֑יִם (’ep̄·rā·yim) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory and וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case Gezer, גֶּ֖זֶר (ge·zer) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1507: Gezer -- 'portion', a Levitical city on the border of Ephraim Links 1 Chronicles 6:67 NIV1 Chronicles 6:67 NLT 1 Chronicles 6:67 ESV 1 Chronicles 6:67 NASB 1 Chronicles 6:67 KJV 1 Chronicles 6:67 BibleApps.com 1 Chronicles 6:67 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 6:67 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 6:67 French Bible 1 Chronicles 6:67 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Chronicles 6:67 They gave to them the cities (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr) |