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JPS Old Testament

Numbers 35:14

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.

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 - City;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - 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;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall give three cities beyond the Yarden, and three cities shall you give in the land of Kana`an; they shall 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.
Lexham English Bible
You will give three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan; they will be cities of refuge.
English Standard Version
You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge.
New Century Version
Give three cities east of the Jordan River and three cities in Canaan as cities of safety.
New English Translation
"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.
Amplified Bible
'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 provide three cities across the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Ye shall appoint three on this side Iorden, and ye shall appoint three cities in the lande of Canaan which shalbe cities of refuge.
Legacy 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.
Contemporary English Version
three on each side of the Jordan River.
Complete Jewish Bible
You are to give three cities east of the Yarden and three cities in the land of Kena‘an; they will be cities of refuge.
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Three of them will be east of the Jordan River and three of them will be in the land of Canaan, west of the Jordan River.
George Lamsa Translation
You shall give three cities on this side of the Jordan, and three cities you shall give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
Good News Translation
three east of the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan.
Christian Standard Bible®
Select three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan to be cities of refuge.
Literal Translation
You shall give three of the cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three of the cities in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thre shal ye geue on this side Iordane, and thre in the londe of Canaan.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shal geue three on this side Iordane, and three in the land of Chanaan, whiche shalbe cities of refuge.
King James Version (1611)
Yee shall giue three cities on this side Iordane, and three cities shall yee giue in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Ye shall assign three cities on the other side of Jordan, and ye shall assign three cities in the land of Chanaan.
English Revised Version
Ye shall give three cities beyond Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
Berean Standard Bible
Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
thre schulen be ouer Jordan, and thre in the lond of Canaan;
Young's 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.
Update Bible Version
You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities you shall give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
Webster's Bible Translation
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 three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
New King James Version
You shall appoint three cities on this side of the Jordan, and three cities you shall appoint in the land of Canaan, which will be cities of refuge.
New Living Translation
three on the east side of the Jordan River and three on the west in the land of Canaan.
New Life Bible
Give three cities on the east side of the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan. They will be the cities where you can go to be safe.
New Revised Standard
you shall designate three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge.
J.B. Rotherham 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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Three shall be beyond the Jordan, and three in the land of Chanaan,
Revised Standard Version
You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You shall give three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be 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

three cities: Deuteronomy 4:41-43, Deuteronomy 19:8-10, Joshua 20:7-9

Reciprocal: Numbers 35:6 - six cities for refuge Deuteronomy 1:1 - on this Proverbs 28:17 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 31:45
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
Genesis 35:18
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing--for she died--that she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
Genesis 35:19
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath--the same is Beth-lehem.
Genesis 35:20
And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Adonai-nissi.
1 Samuel 7:12
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying: 'Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye shall give three cites on this side Jordan,.... Which were Bezer in the wilderness, out of the tribe of Reuben; and Ramoth in Gilead, out of the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, out of the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua 20:8,

and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan: which were Kadesh in Galilee, in Mount Naphtali; Shechem in Mount Ephraim; and Kirjatharba, or Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, Joshua 20:7

[which] shall be cities of refuge; the three on the other side Jordan, the Jews say, were separated by Moses, and the three in the land of Canaan by Joshua, but not one of them was a refuge until they were all separated m: it may seem strange that there should be as many in the two tribes and a half on the other side Jordan, as in the nine tribes and a half in the land of Canaan; let it be observed, what the Jewish writers, say n, Moses separated three cities beyond Jordan, and opposite them Joshua separated three in the land of Canaan; and they were like two rows in a vineyard, Hebron in Judea was opposite Bezer in the wilderness; Shechem in Mount Ephraim was opposite Ramoth in Gilead; Kadesh in Mount Naphtali was opposite Golan in Bashan; and the three were so disposed, that there was as much space from the south (of the land of Israel) to Hebron as from Hebron to Shechem; and as much from Hebron to Shechem as from Shechem to Kadesh; and as much from Shechem to Kadesh as from Kadesh to the north beyond Jordan; and it should be known that the land of the tribes beyond Jordan extended in length as far as the land of Canaan, and was equal to it, running along it; so that those in the land of Canaan could soon and easily get over Jordan to the cities of refuge there, if there was occasion; besides, there is a direction given, that if their coast should be enlarged, they were to add three cities more in the land of Canaan, Deuteronomy 19:8, hence the Jews have a notion, that in the days of the Messiah those three cities will be added o; but the Messiah is come already, and is the antitype of them all.

m Misn. Maccot, c. 2. sect. 4. Maimon. Hilchot Rotzeach, c. 8. sect. 2. 3. & in Pirke, c. 4. sect. 2. & Jarchi in loc. n T. Bab. Maccot, fol. 9. 2. o Maimon. Rotzeach, c. 8. sect. 4.


 
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