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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 20:1-9

Joshua 20. The Cities of Refuge.— The cities of refuge (p. 113) were not appointed till after the Deuteronomic reform under Josiah in Joshua 6:21. In early times the asylum or refuge for the manslayer was the altar at the local sanctuary. This is seen from the Book of the Covenant ( Exodus 21:14): “ If a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour to slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from my altar that he may die.” See also 1 Kings 1:50, where Adonijah, in fear of his life, flees to the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 20:2

The possessions being now divided among you, do you reserve some of them for the use which I have commanded. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 20:1-6

THE CITIES OF REFUGECRITICAL NOTES.—Joshua 20:2. Appoint out for you cities of refuge] Heb. “Appoint,” or “Give for you the cities of refuge.” The article, which is omitted in A.V., points to the fact that God had already commanded these cities to be set apart, as the verse itself proceeds to state. Since the intimation in Exodus 21:13, and the instructions in Numbers 35:0, these cities were a well-recognised part of the constitution. The word rendered “refuge” is from the root kâlat, “to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Joshua 20:1-9

Chapter 20Now in the twentieth chapter you remember that when they came into the land, they were to establish cities of refuge so that anybody who had killed someone accidentally, who had not had a foremalice or hatred towards the person, but killed them accidentally, they could flee to the city of refuge from the avenger of death.Now we talked to you about the culture of revenge killing. It was quite a deeply ingrained cultural practice. It is still practiced today in New Guinea, and in some... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 20:1-9

Joshua 20:2 . Cities of refuge, all of which were inhabited by the levites. See on Numbers 35:0. Some heathen temples, and after them christian churches, were places of refuge. In the laws of king Ina, who reigned in the west of England, we have a scale of different fines imposed on those Saxon offenders, who took refuge in the churches. Joshua 20:6 . Till the death of the highpriest, who was prince of the sanctuary; and it was usual to liberate prisoners when a new prince ascended the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 20:1-9

Joshua 20:1-9Cities of refuge The cities of refuge1.The first thought that naturally occurs to us when we read of these cities concerns the sanctity of human life; or, if we take the material symbol, the preciousness of human blood. God wished to impress on His people that to put an end to a man’s life under any circumstances was a serious thing. Man was something higher than the beasts that perish. It is not a very pleasing feature of the Hebrew economy that this regard to the sanctity of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 20:2

Jos 20:2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: Ver. 2. Speak unto the children of Israel. ] They had been spoken to before by Moses to do thus but made no haste to do it: such is men’s slackness in procuring the good of others. Appoint out for you cities of refuge. ] Susceptionis aut recollectionis, for the preservation of man’s precious life, if causelessly sought after: not such sanctuaries of roguery... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 20:2

Appoint: Exodus 21:13, Exodus 21:14, Numbers 35:6, Numbers 35:11-2 Chronicles :, Deuteronomy 4:41-John :, Deuteronomy 19:2-1 Chronicles :, Romans 8:1, Romans 8:33, Romans 8:34, Hebrews 6:18, Hebrews 6:19 you refuge: Numbers 35:15-Jeremiah : read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 20:2

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:Appoint — The possessions being now divided among you, reserve some of them for the use which I have commanded.Cities of refuge — Designed to typify the relief which the gospel provides for poor, penitent sinners, and their protection from the curse of the law and the wrath of God, in our Lord Jesus, to whom believers fly for refuge. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 20:1-9

THE SIX CITIES OF REFUGE, Joshua 20:1-9. The sentiment of justice impels uncultivated men to the immediate infliction of punishment upon those who give offence to that sentiment by a wrong act, especially the act of taking human life. But a man may accidentally and innocently slay his fellow-man. The safeguard of law is therefore needed that vengeance may not hastily wreak itself on the guiltless. In ordinary cases in highly civilized lands there is such a respect for law that the manslayer is... read more