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Joshua 20

Jos. 20:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they δappointed
qadash (Hebrew #6942)
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
KJV usage: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), X wholly.
Pronounce: kaw-dash'
Origin: a primitive root
Kedesh
Qedesh (Hebrew #6943)
a sanctum; Kedesh, the name of four places in Palestine
KJV usage: Kedesh.
Pronounce: keh'-desh
Origin: from 6942
k in Galilee
Galiyl (Hebrew #1551)
the same as 1550; a circle (with the article); Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine
KJV usage: Galilee.
Pronounce: gaw-leel'
Origin: or (prolonged) Galiylah {gaw-lee-law'}
in mount
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
Naphtali
Naphtaliy (Hebrew #5321)
my wrestling; Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Naphtali.
Pronounce: naf-taw-lee'
Origin: from 6617
, and Shechem
Shkem (Hebrew #7927)
ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Shechem.
Pronounce: shek-em'
Origin: the same as 7926
l in mount
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
Ephraim
'Ephrayim (Hebrew #669)
double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Ephraim, Ephraimites.
Pronounce: ef-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of masculine form of 672
, and Kirjath-arba
Qiryath (Hebrew #7153)
from 7151 and 704 or 702; city of Arba, or city of the four (giants); Kirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Kirjath-arba.
Pronounce: `Arba`
Origin: or (with the article interposed) Qiryath ha- Arbaw (Neh. 11:25) {keer-yath' haw-ar-bah'}
n, which is Hebron
Chebrown (Hebrew #2275)
seat of association; Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Hebron.
Pronounce: kheb-rone'
Origin: from 2267
, in the mountain
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
o of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
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Cross References

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appointed.
Heb. sanctified.
Kedesh.Kedesh, called Cadesa, or Caidesa, by Josephus, was situated in Upper Galilee, twenty miles south-east from Tyre, according to Eusebius.
The cities of refuge were distributed through the land at proper distances from each other, that they might be convenient to every part of the land; and it is said they were situated on eminences, that they might be easily seen at a distance; the roads leading to them being broad, even, and always kept in good repair.
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 significancy 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 our 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.
Shechem.
Kirjath-arba.
mountain.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they hallowed Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, in the hill-country of Judah.