Numbers 35:13

Good News Translation

Choose six cities,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

King James Version
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.

Lexham English Bible
The cities that you are to give will be your six cities of refuge.

English Standard Version
And the cities that you give shall be your six cities of refuge.

New Century Version
The six cities you give will be cities of safety.

New English Translation
These towns that you must give shall be your six towns for refuge.

Amplified Bible
'The cities which you are to provide shall be your six cities of refuge.

New American Standard Bible
'So the cities which you are to provide shall be six cities of refuge for you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And of the cities which ye shall giue, sixe cities shall ye haue for refuge.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the cities which you are to give shall be your six cities of refuge.

Contemporary English Version
There are to be six of these Safe Towns,

Complete Jewish Bible
In regard to the cities you are to give, there are to be six cities of refuge for you.

Darby Translation
And the cities that ye shall give shall be six cities of refuge for you.

Easy-to-Read Version
There will be six cities of safety.

George Lamsa Translation
And of these cities which you shall give, six cities shall you have for refuge.

Christian Standard Bible®
The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

Literal Translation
As to the cities which you shall give six shall be cities of refuge for you.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And of these cities which ye shall geue, there shalbe sixe fre cities.

American Standard Version
And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

Bible in Basic English
Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And of these cities which ye shal geue, sixe cities shall ye haue for refuge.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And as to the cities which ye shall give, there shall be for you six cities of refuge.

King James Version (1611)
And of these cities which ye shall giue, sixe cities shall ye haue for refuge.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the cities which ye shall assign, even the six cities, shall be places of refuge for you.

English Revised Version
And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

Berean Standard Bible
The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe of tho citees that ben departid to the helpis of fugityues,

Young's Literal Translation
`As to the cities which ye give -- six [are] cities of refuge to you;

Update Bible Version
And 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.

New King James Version
And of the cities which you give, you shall have six cities of refuge.

New Living Translation
Designate six cities of refuge for yourselves,

New Life Bible
The cities you give will be your six cities where you can go to be safe.

New Revised Standard
The cities that you designate shall be six cities of refuge for you:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And as touching the cities which ye shall give six cities of refuge, shall there be unto you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And of those cities, that are separated for the refuge of fugitives,

Revised Standard Version
And the cities which you give shall be your six cities of refuge.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'The cities which you are to give shall be your six cities of refuge.

Contextual Overview

⁹ The Lord told Moses ¹⁰ to say to the people of Israel: "When you cross the Jordan River and enter the land of Canaan, ¹¹ you are to choose cities of refuge to which any of you can escape if you kill someone accidentally. ¹² There you will be safe from the dead person's relative who seeks revenge. No one accused of manslaughter is to be put to death without a public trial. ¹³ Choose six cities, ¹⁴ three east of the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan. ¹⁵ These will serve as cities of refuge for Israelites and for foreigners who are temporary or permanent residents. Anyone who kills someone accidentally can escape to one of them. ¹⁶"If, however, any of you use a weapon of iron or stone or wood to kill someone, you are guilty of murder and are to be put to death. ¹⁹ The dead person's nearest relative has the responsibility for putting the murderer to death. When he finds you, he is to kill you. ²⁰ "If you hate someone and kill him by pushing him down or by throwing something at him

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

six cities: Numbers 35:6

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:57 - the city of refuge

Cross-References

Genesis 11:5
Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which they had built,

Genesis 17:22
When God finished speaking to Abraham, he left him.

Genesis 18:33
After he had finished speaking with Abraham, the Lord went away, and Abraham returned home.

Judges 6:21
Then the Lord 's angel reached out and touched the meat and the bread with the end of the stick he was holding. Fire came out of the rock and burned up the meat and the bread. Then the angel disappeared.

Judges 13:20
While the flames were going up from the altar, Manoah and his wife saw the Lord 's angel go up toward heaven in the flames. Manoah realized then that the man had been the Lord 's angel, and he and his wife threw themselves face downward on the ground. They never saw the angel again.

Luke 24:31
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And of these cities which ye shall give,.... Of the forty eight cities they were to give to the Levites, Numbers 35:7,

six cities shall ye have for refuge; which, I think, makes it clear, that not all the forty eight cities were for refuge, only six of them.