Joshua 20:7 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

The following cities were designated as cities of refuge: Kedesh of Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali; Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim; and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah.

Commentaries

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

And they appointed Kedesh, etc. The Hebrew word Kedesh, used here, also signifies to fit and consecrate. Accordingly, I interpret that cit…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in Mount Naphtali
Of which see (Joshua 19:37); the appointment of t…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

These cities, like those also on the other side of the Jordan, stood so that a person could reach one of them in half a day from any part of the co…