Joshua 20
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
3That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
4And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
5And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
6And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
7And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
8And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon 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.
9These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85311× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- עִירʻîyrH58929× in this chapter
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- אֵלʼêlH4138× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- דָבַרdâbarH16964× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- הוּאhûwʼH19314× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- נוּסnûwçH51274× in this chapter
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
- גָּאַלgâʼalH13503× in this chapter
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
- דָּםdâmH18183× in this chapter
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
- הָיָהhâyâhH19613× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- הַרharH20223× in this chapter
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- יָדyâdH30273× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- לֹאlôʼH38083× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- מַטֶּהmaṭṭehH42943× in this chapter
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
- נָכָהnâkâhH52213× in this chapter
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- נָתַןnâthanH54143× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עַדʻadH57043× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- עָמַדʻâmadH59753× in this chapter
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- רָצַחrâtsachH75233× in this chapter
properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
- שָׁםshâmH80333× in this chapter
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8343× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- בְּלִיbᵉlîyH10972× in this chapter
properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
- בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- דַּעַתdaʻathH18472× in this chapter
knowledge
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34272× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34782× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אֵלֶּהʼêl-lehH4282× in this chapter
these or those
- מִקְלָטmiqlâṭH47332× in this chapter
an asylum (as a receptacle)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5592× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- עֵדָהʻêdâhH57122× in this chapter
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64402× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- קִרְיַת אַרְבַּעQiryath ʼArbaʻH71532× in this chapter
Kirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine
- שְׁגָגָהshᵉgâgâhH76842× in this chapter
a mistake or inadvertent transgression
- בַּיִתbayithH10041× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- בֶּצֶרBetserH12211× in this chapter
Betser, a place in Palestine; also an Israelite
- בָּשָׁןBâshânH13161× in this chapter
Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
- גָּדGâdH14101× in this chapter
Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14191× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent