Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
The Israelites gave them:
Shechem,
New American Standard Bible
They gave them
King James Version
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
International Standard Version
Shechem was allocated to them as a city of refuge for unintentional killers, along with its pasture lands, in the mountainous region of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,
A Conservative Version
And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
American Standard Version
And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
Amplified
They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
Bible in Basic English
And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;
Darby Translation
and they gave them the city of refuge for the slayer, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,
Julia Smith Translation
And they will give to them the city of refuge of the slayer, Shechem and her area in mount Ephraim, and Gezer and her area,
King James 2000
For they gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its pasture lands,
Lexham Expanded Bible
They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge [for] the killer, and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,
Modern King James verseion
And they gave them Shechem and its open lands in mount Ephraim as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer and its open lands,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they gave them the free city of the slayer: Shechem with her suburbs, in mount Ephraim; and Gezer with her suburbs;
NET Bible
They assigned them Shechem (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,
New Heart English Bible
They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
The Emphasized Bible
So they gave unto them a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Shechem with her pasture land, in the hill country of Ephraim, - also Gezer, with her pasture land;
Webster
For they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its suburbs,
World English Bible
They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
Youngs Literal Translation
and they give to them the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Shechem and its suburbs, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,
Themes
Levites » Assigned to, by families
Shechem » Also called sychar, a city of refuge in mount ephraim
Interlinear
Nathan
Ratsach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 21:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cities Of Kohath's Other Descendants
20
The allotted cities to the remaining clans of Kohath’s descendants, who were Levites, came from the tribe of Ephraim.
21 The Israelites gave them:
Shechem,
Cross References
Joshua 20:7
So they designated Kedesh in the hill country of Naphtali in Galilee,
Genesis 33:19
He purchased a section of the field where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for 100 qesitahs.
Joshua 16:10
But, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer.
Judges 9:1
Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and spoke to them and to all his maternal grandfather’s clan, saying,
1 Kings 9:15-17
This is the account of the forced labor
1 Kings 12:1
Then Rehoboam
1 Chronicles 6:67
Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,