Joshua 20:7 meaning and explanation

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.

Joshua 20:7, Berean Standard Bible

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After Israel settles in Canaan, God has Joshua carry out Moses' earlier instruction to set aside six cities of refuge. Verse 7 names the three west of the Jordan: Kedesh in Naphtali's hill country, Shechem in Ephraim's, and Kiriath-arba, that is Hebron, in Judah's.

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