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1 Chronicles 6:67

EphraimGezerShechem

65 They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

66 And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,

68 Jokmeam, Beth-horon,

69 Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands.

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BSB
They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,
KJV
And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
WEB
They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands and Gezer with its pasture lands,
ASV
And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,
DARBY
they gave the city of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,
BLB
And they gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem, and its pasturelands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and also Gezer and its pasturelands,
ÅB
tilfluktsstædene Sikem med tilhørende jorder i Efra'im-fjellene og Geser med jorder
OTB
De ga dem tilfluktsbyene:
Sikem i fjellandet Efraim med sine beitemarker,
Geser med sine beitemarker,
B1930
tilfluktsstædene Sikem med tilhørende jorder i Efra'im-fjellene og Geser med jorder

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  • Joshua 21:21

    they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,

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  • Joshua 16:10

    But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.

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  • Joshua 16:3

    Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.

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  • Joshua 20:7

    So they set apart Kedesh in 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.

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  • Joshua 12:12

    the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

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  • Genesis 35:4

    So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

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  • 1 Kings 9:16

    Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

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  • Genesis 33:18

    After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

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