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JPS Old Testament

Numbers 35:13

And as to the cities which ye shall give, there shall be for you six cities of refuge.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Homicide;   Refuge;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Murder;   Punishments;   Refuge, Cities of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - City of refuge;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kill, Killing;   Kinsman-Redeemer;   Motives;   Punishment;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Avenger of Blood;   City;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cities of Refuge;   Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Avenger;   Cities of Refuge;   Manslayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Kin;   Numbers, Book of;   Refuge, Cities of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Levi;   Refuge;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cities of refuge;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Cities of Refuge,;   Law of Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Homicide;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Asylum;   Avenger of Blood;   Makkot;   Priestly Code;  

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.
Good News Translation
Choose six cities,
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.
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 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 10 'Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 11 then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person through error may flee thither. 12 And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment. 13 And as to the cities which ye shall give, there shall be for you six cities of refuge. 14 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. 15 For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the settler among them, shall these six cities be for refuge, that every one that killeth any person through error may flee thither. 16 But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Genesis 17:22
And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Genesis 18:33
And the LORD went His way, as soon as He had left off speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned unto his place.
Judges 6:21
Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
Judges 13:20
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.

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.


 
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