Joshua 20:2
“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Speak to the children of Israel, saying,.... Whom the affair concerned the Lord spake to Joshua about, they having now…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Cities of refuge - An institution of this kind was essentially necessary wherever the patriarchal law relative to the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Joshua 20:1-6
Many things were by the law of Moses ordered to be done when they came to Canaan and this among the rest, the appointing…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
cities of refuge "The cityes of fugityues," Wyclif. Prior to the Mosaic age, it was required of the nearest of kin, as a…
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