Parallel Verses

Amplified

You shall provide three cities on this [east] side of the Jordan [River], and three [more] cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be the cities of refuge.

New American Standard Bible

You shall give three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge.

King James Version

Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

Holman Bible

Select three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan to be cities of refuge.

International Standard Version

Appoint three towns this side of the Jordan River and three towns in the land of Canaan to serve as the towns of refuge,

A Conservative Version

Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities ye shall give in the land of Canaan. They shall be cities of refuge.

American Standard Version

Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

Bible in Basic English

Three on the other side of Jordan and three in the land of Canaan, to be safe places for flight.

Darby Translation

Three cities shall ye give on this side of the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

Julia Smith Translation

Three cities shall ye give from beyond Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; cities of refuge shall they be.

King James 2000

You shall give three cities on this side of Jordan, and three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You will give three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan; they will be cities of refuge.

Modern King James verseion

You shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan to be cities of refuge.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

three ye shall give on this side Jordan and three in the land of Canaan.

NET Bible

"You must give three towns on this side of the Jordan, and you must give three towns in the land of Canaan; they must be towns of refuge.

New Heart English Bible

You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

The Emphasized Bible

Three of the cities, shall ye give, on this side the Jordan, and three of the cities, shall ye give in the land of Canaan, - cities of refuge, shall they be.

Webster

Ye shall give three cities on this side of Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

World English Bible

You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

Youngs Literal Translation

the three of the cities ye give beyond the Jordan, and the three of the cities ye give in the land of Canaan; cities of refuge they are.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Ye shall give
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

שׁלשׁה שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ 
Shalowsh 
Usage: 430

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094
Usage: 1094

on this side
עבר 
`eber 
Usage: 90

ירדּן 
Yarden 
Usage: 182

and three
שׁלשׁה שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ 
Shalowsh 
Usage: 430

shall ye give
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

in the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

of Canaan
כּנען 
K@na`an 
Usage: 93

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

Context Readings

Cities Of Refuge

13 The cities which you are to provide shall be your six cities of refuge. 14 You shall provide three cities on this [east] side of the Jordan [River], and three [more] cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be the cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge for the Israelites and for the stranger and the resident alien among them; so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may escape there.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:41-43

Then Moses set apart three cities [of refuge] beyond the Jordan toward the rising of the sun (eastward),

Deuteronomy 19:8-10

“If the Lord your God enlarges your border, as He has sworn to your fathers to do, and gives you all the land which He promised to give to your fathers—

Joshua 20:7-9

So they set apart and consecrated Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

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