Joshua 21:32

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
tribe	וּמִמַּטֵּ֨ה u.mi.ma.Teh	H4294	a branch (as extending) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Naphtali	נַפְתָּלִ֜י naf.ta.Li	H5321	Naphtali · proper noun, a man's name
Kedesh	קֶ֨דֶשׁ Ke.desh	H6943	Kedesh · proper noun, a place name
Galilee	בַּגָּלִ֤יל ba.ga.Lil	H1551	Galil (as a special circuit) in the North of Palestine · preposition with the article + proper noun, a place name
suburbs	מִגְרָשֶׁ֙הָ֙ mig.ra.She.ha	H4054	a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven f… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
city	עִ֣יר 'ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common feminine singular construct
refuge	מִקְלַ֣ט mik.Lat	H4733	an asylum (as a receptacle) · noun, common masculine singular construct
slayer	הָֽרֹצֵ֗חַ ha.ro.Tze.ach	H7523	properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
Hammoth-dor	חַמֹּ֥ת cha.Mot	H2576	Chammath-Dor · proper noun, a place name
suburbs	מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ mig.ra.She.ha	H4054	a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven f… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
Kartan	קַרְתָּ֖ן kar.Tan	H7178	Kartan · proper noun, a place name
suburbs	מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ mig.ra.She.ha	H4054	a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven f… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
three	שָׁלֹֽשׁ sha.Losh	H7969	three · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
cities	עָרִ֖ים 'a.Rim	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Joshua 20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of…
1 Chronicles 6:76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
Joshua 19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Joshua 19:37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:9-42

We have here a particular account of the cities which were given to the children of Levi out of the several tribes, not only to be occupied and inhabited by them, as tenants to the several tribes in which they lay - no, their interest in them was not dependent and precarious, but to be owned and possessed by them as lords and proprietors, and as having the same title to them that the rest of the tribes had to their cities or lands, as appears by the law which preserved the house in the Levites' cities from being alienated any longer than till the year of jubilee, Lev 25:32, Lev 25:33. Yet it is probable that the Levites having only the cities and suburbs, while the land about pertained to th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 21:9

THE CITIES OF THE PRIESTS. (Jos. 21:9-42) they gave . . . these cities which are here mentioned by name--It was overruled by the unerring providence of the Divine Lawgiver that the cities of the priests lay within the territories of Judah and Benjamin. This was a provision, the admirable wisdom and propriety of which were fully manifested on the schism that took place in the reign of Rehoboam.

Adam Clarke on Joshua 21:27

Golan in Bashan - On this and the other cities of refuge mentioned here, see the note on Jos 20:7.

John Gill on Joshua 21:32

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,.... Of which see Joshua 20:7, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; this is the fourth city of refuge mentioned: and Hammothdor with her suburbs; the same with Hammon, 1 Chronicles 6:76; and with Hammath, Joshua 19:35; and is thought by some to be Tiberias, so called from the hot baths in or near it: and Kartan with her suburbs; called Kirjathaim, 1 Chronicles 6:76; but cannot be the Kirjathaim in Numbers 32:37; for that belonged to the tribe of Reuben, and was on the other side Jordan: three cities; this being a lesser tribe than some others gave fewer cities, according to the rule in Numbers 35:8.

Dictionary and topics

Gershon — =Ger’shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi’s three sons (Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16). In the wilderness the sons of Gershon had charge of the fabrics of the tabernacle when it was moved from place to place,…
Hammath — Warm springs, one of the “fenced cities” of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35). It is identified with the warm baths (the heat of the water ranging from 136 degrees to 144 degrees) still found on the shore a…
Hammoth-dor — Warm springs, a Levitical city of Naphtali (Josh. 21:32); probably Hammath in 19:35.
Kartan — Double city, a town of Naphali, assigned to the Gershonite Levites, and one of the cities of refuge (Josh. 21:32). It was probably near the north-western shore of the Sea of Tiberias, identical with…
Kedesh — Sanctuary. (1.) A place in the extreme south of Judah (Josh. 15:23). Probably the same as Kadesh-barnea (q.v.). (2.) A city of Issachar (1 Chr. 6:72). Possibly Tell Abu Kadeis, near Lejjun. (3.) A…
Kibzaim — Two heaps, a city of Ephraim, assigned to the Kohathite Levites, and appointed as a city of refuge (Josh. 21: 22). It is also called Jokmeam (1 Chr. 6:68).
Levite — A descendant of the tribe of Levi (Ex. 6:25; Lev. 25:32; Num. 35:2; Josh. 21:3, 41). This name is, however, generally used as the title of that portion of the tribe which was set apart for the…
Galilee · .A city of refuge in — .A city of refuge in
Hammoth-Dor · A city of refuge of the tribe of Naphtali — A city of refuge of the tribe of Naphtali
Kartan · A Leviti — A Leviti
Kedesh · .A city of refuge — .A city of refuge

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua 21:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:9-42

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 21:9

Adam Clarke on Joshua 21:27

John Gill on Joshua 21:32

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 21:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:9-42

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 21:9

Adam Clarke on Joshua 21:27

John Gill on Joshua 21:32

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Joshua 21:20–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 21:9-42

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 21:9-42

Rashi on Joshua 21:18