Joshua 20:7-9

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[7] They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah. [8] Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. [9] These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person unwittingly might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

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The Twelve Tribes of IsraelCanaan divided among the twelve tribes of Israel after the conquest under Joshua.

Map of Palestine (The Holy Land)A general map of Palestine showing towns and regions across the Holy Land.

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Places in this passage

Joshua 20:7-9 mentions Bashan, Galilee, Gilead, Golan, Hebron, Jericho, Jordan, Kedesh, Ramoth and Shechem.

Photo of Galilee — Galilee · מלאק אבו גוש

Photo of Hebron — Hebron · Dr. Avishai Teicher