Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version These six towns you give will be your cities of refuge. New Living Translation Designate six cities of refuge for yourselves, English Standard Version And the cities that you give shall be your six cities of refuge. Berean Standard Bible The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge. King James Bible And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. New King James Version And of the cities which you give, you shall have six cities of refuge. New American Standard Bible So the cities which you are to provide shall be six cities of refuge for you. NASB 1995 ‘The cities which you are to give shall be your six cities of refuge. NASB 1977 ‘And the cities which you are to give shall be your six cities of refuge. Legacy Standard Bible And the cities which you are to give shall be your six cities of refuge. Amplified Bible The cities which you are to provide shall be your six cities of refuge. Christian Standard Bible The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge. Holman Christian Standard Bible The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge. American Standard Version And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge. Contemporary English Version There are to be six of these Safe Towns, English Revised Version And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge. GOD'S WORD® Translation There will be six cities you select as places of refuge, Good News Translation Choose six cities, International Standard Version You are to set aside six towns of refuge. Majority Standard Bible The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge. NET Bible These towns that you must give shall be your six towns for refuge. New Heart English Bible The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge. Webster's Bible Translation And of these cities which ye shall give, six cities shall ye have for refuge. World English Bible The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAs for the cities which you give, six [are] cities of refuge to you; Young's Literal Translation As to the cities which ye give -- six are cities of refuge to you; Smith's Literal Translation And the cities which ye shall give, six cities of refuge shall be to you. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd of those cities, that are separated for the refuge of fugitives, Catholic Public Domain Version Then, among those cities which are separated for relief to fugitives, New American Bible As for the cities you assign, you will have six cities of asylum: New Revised Standard Version The cities that you designate shall be six cities of refuge for you: Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd of these cities which you shall give, six cities shall you have for refuge. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the cities that you are giving shall be the six cities of a place of refuge for you. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And as to the cities which ye shall give, there shall be for you six cities of refuge. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the cities which ye shall assign, even the six cities, shall be places of refuge for you. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Six Cities of Refuge…12You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly. 13The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge. 14Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.… Cross References Joshua 20:1-9 Then the LORD said to Joshua, / “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, / so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood. ... Deuteronomy 19:1-13 When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses, / then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess. / You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities. ... Exodus 21:12-14 Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death. / If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee. / But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death. Hebrews 6:18 Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged. Deuteronomy 4:41-43 Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east / to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities: / Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites. Joshua 21:13-38 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah, / Jattir, Eshtemoa, / Holon, Debir, ... 1 Kings 2:28-34 When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar. / It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!” / And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.” ... Acts 7:29 At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons. 2 Samuel 3:27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel. 1 Chronicles 6:57-81 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, / Hilen, Debir, / Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands. ... Matthew 5:21-22 You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ / But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell. Leviticus 24:17 And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death. Romans 13:4 For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer. Genesis 9:6 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind. Acts 28:4 When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.” Treasury of Scripture And of these cities which you shall give six cities shall you have for refuge. six cities Numbers 35:6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. Jump to Previous Places Refuge Safe Six TownsJump to Next Places Refuge Safe Six TownsNumbers 35 1. Forty-eight cities for the Levites, with their suburbs, and measure thereof6. Six of them are to be cities of refuge 9. The laws of murder and manslaughter 31. No satisfaction for murder The cities The term "cities" in this context refers to designated urban areas within the Promised Land. In ancient Israel, cities were not just places of residence but centers of community life, governance, and worship. The Hebrew word for city, "עִיר" (ir), often implies a fortified place, suggesting that these cities were secure and well-established. Historically, cities in ancient Israel were strategically located and served as hubs for trade and communication. The selection of cities for refuge underscores the importance of accessibility and protection within the community. you select will be your six cities of refuge Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The citiesוְהֶעָרִ֖ים (wə·he·‘ā·rîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement you select תִּתֵּ֑נוּ (tit·tê·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set will be תִּהְיֶ֥ינָה (tih·ye·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be your six שֵׁשׁ־ (šêš-) Number - feminine singular Strong's 8337: Six (a cardinal number) cities עָרֵ֥י (‘ā·rê) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 5892: Excitement of refuge. מִקְלָ֖ט (miq·lāṭ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4733: Refuge, asylum Links Numbers 35:13 NIVNumbers 35:13 NLT Numbers 35:13 ESV Numbers 35:13 NASB Numbers 35:13 KJV Numbers 35:13 BibleApps.com Numbers 35:13 Biblia Paralela Numbers 35:13 Chinese Bible Numbers 35:13 French Bible Numbers 35:13 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 35:13 The cities which you shall give shall (Nu Num.) |