El panorama
Josué 20 abre con “The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,”, cambia cerca del versículo 5 con “And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up…” y termina con “These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger…”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.
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Josué · Versión King James · 9Josué 20:1-5
Versículos 1–5: The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
Josué 20:1–5 abre con “The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,” y llega a “And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Josué 20 se desarrolla mediante sus propias voces, acciones, afirmaciones y consecuencias.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,” Nombrar a Joshua mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of…” Nombrar a Appoint y Israel mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
Josué 20:1-5
Versión King James1The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
3That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
4And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
5And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
Josué 20:6-9
Versículos 6–9: He shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for…
Josué 20:6–9 abre con “And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until…” y llega a “These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Josué 20 se desarrolla mediante sus propias voces, acciones, afirmaciones y consecuencias.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
“And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is…” Nombrar a Ephraim y Galilee mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
Josué 20:6-9
Versión King James6And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
7And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
8And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
9These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
Detalles que vale la pena notar
La imagen inicial
Joshua 20:1 comienza con “The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,”
Dónde cambia el capítulo
Joshua 20:6 forma un giro natural: “And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days…”
La nota final
Joshua 20:9 deja al lector con “These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at…”
Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo
Las palabras city, avenger, blood, cities, flee, hand ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.
Primero el texto
Donde difieren los lectores
El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.
El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.
Las notas interpretativas comparativas de este capítulo están en preparación. Hasta que las notas revisadas estén listas, esta página separa el texto KJV del resumen y la aplicación sin afirmar que todos los lectores serios coinciden en cada cuestión.