Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

and have prepared to yourselves cities -- cities of refuge they are to you -- then fled thither hath a man-slayer, smiting a person unawares,

New American Standard Bible

then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, that the manslayer who has killed any person unintentionally may flee there.

King James Version

Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

Holman Bible

designate cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

International Standard Version

they are to designate some towns of refuge so that anyone who kills someone inadvertently may flee there.

A Conservative Version

then ye shall appoint cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

American Standard Version

then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

Amplified

then you shall select for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge, so that the one who kills any person unintentionally may escape there.

Bible in Basic English

Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.

Darby Translation

then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.

Julia Smith Translation

And build ye to you cities; cities of refuge shall they be to you; and the slayer to flee there smiting a soul in error.

King James 2000

Then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person unintentionally.

Lexham Expanded Bible

you will select for yourselves cities for your cities of refuge, that a killer who has killed a person unintentionally can flee there.

Modern King James verseion

then you shall choose cities to be cities of refuge for you, so that the slayer who kills any person through error may flee there.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

ye shall build cities which shall be privileged towns for you: that he which slayeth a man unawares, may fly thither.

NET Bible

you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.

New Heart English Bible

then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

The Emphasized Bible

then shall ye find for you, convenient cities, cities of refuge, shall they be unto you, - and the manslayer, who hath slain a person, by mistake, shall flee thither.

Webster

Then ye shall appoint for you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, who killeth any person at unawares.

World English Bible

then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קרה 
Qarah 
Usage: 27

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

to be cities
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

of refuge
מקלט 
Miqlat 
Usage: 20

רצח 
Ratsach 
Usage: 47

נוּס 
Nuwc 
Usage: 160

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

Context Readings

Cities Of Refuge

10 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are passing over the Jordan to the land of Canaan, 11 and have prepared to yourselves cities -- cities of refuge they are to you -- then fled thither hath a man-slayer, smiting a person unawares, 12 and the cities have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer, and the man-slayer doth not die till his standing before the company for judgment.

Cross References

Exodus 21:13

as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.

Joshua 20:2

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Give for you cities of refuge, as I have spoken unto you by the hand of Moses,

Numbers 35:6

And the cities which ye give to the Levites are the six cities of refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides them ye give forty and two cities;

Numbers 35:22-25

'And if, in an instant, without enmity, he hath thrust him through, or hath cast at him any instrument, without lying in wait;

Deuteronomy 4:42

for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, and he hath lived:

Deuteronomy 19:1-13

'When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and thou hast succeeded them, and dwelt in their cities, and in their houses,

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