Parallel Verses

World English Bible

Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourselves.

New American Standard Bible

Therefore, I command you, saying, ‘You shall set aside three cities for yourself.’

King James Version

Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

Holman Bible

This is why I am commanding you to set apart three cities for yourselves.

International Standard Version

Therefore I am commanding you to reserve three cities."

A Conservative Version

Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shall set apart three cities for thee.

American Standard Version

Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee.

Amplified

Therefore, I command you, saying, ‘You shall set aside three cities [of refuge] for yourself.’

Bible in Basic English

And so I am ordering you to see that three towns are marked out for this purpose.

Darby Translation

Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thyself.

Julia Smith Translation

For this I command thee, saying, Three cities thou shalt separate to thee.

King James 2000

Therefore I command you, saying, you shall set apart three cities for you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Therefore I [am] commanding you, {saying}, 'You shall set apart three cities.'

Modern King James verseion

Therefore I command you saying, You shall separate three cities for you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wherefore I command thee, saying, 'See that thou appoint out three cities.'

NET Bible

Therefore, I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.

New Heart English Bible

Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourselves.

The Emphasized Bible

For this cause, am I commanding thee saying, - Three cities, shalt thou set apart for thee.

Webster

Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

Youngs Literal Translation

therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Three cities thou dost separate to thee.

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Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צוה 
Tsavah 
Usage: 494

שׁלשׁה שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ 
Shalowsh 
Usage: 430

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

Verse Info

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

6 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn't hate him in time past. 7 Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourselves. 8 If Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers;



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