Numbers 35:13

THE MESSAGE

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.

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 God spoke to Moses: "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, When you cross the River Jordan into the country of Canaan, designate your asylum-cities, towns to which a person who accidentally kills someone can flee for asylum. They will be places of refuge from the avenger so that the alleged murderer won't be killed until he can appear before the community in court. Provide six asylum-cities. Designate three of the towns to the east side of the Jordan, the other three in Canaan proper—asylum-cities for the People of Israel, for the foreigner, and for any occasional visitors or guests—six asylum-cities to run to for anyone who accidentally kills another. ¹⁶ "But if the killer has used an iron object, that's just plain murder; he's obviously a murderer and must be put to death. ¹⁷ "Or if he has a rock in his hand big enough to kill and the man dies, that's murder; he's a murderer and must be put to death. ¹⁸ "Or if he's carrying a wooden club heavy enough to kill and the man dies, that's murder; he's a murderer and must be put to death. ¹⁹ "In such cases the avenger has a right to kill the murderer when he meets him—he can kill him on the spot. ²⁰"And if out of sheer hatred a man pushes another or from ambush throws something at him and he dies, or angrily hits him with his fist and kills him, that's murder—he must be put to death. The avenger has a right to kill him when he gets him. ²²"If, however, he impulsively pushes someone and there is no history of hard feelings, or he impetuously picks up something and throws it, or he accidentally drops a stone tool—a maul or hammer, say—and it hits and kills someone he didn't even know was there, and there's no suspicion that there was bad blood between them, the community is to judge between the killer and the avenger following these guidelines. It's the task of the community to save the killer from the hand of the avenger—the community is to return him to his asylum-city to which he fled. He must stay there until the death of the High Priest who was anointed with the holy oil. But if the murderer leaves the asylum-city to which he has fled, and the avenger finds him outside the borders of his asylum-city, the avenger has a right to kill the murderer. And he's not considered guilty of murder. ²⁸ "So it's important that he stay in his asylum-city until the death of the High Priest. After the death of the High Priest he is free to return to his own place. ²⁹ "These are the procedures for making judgments from now on, wherever you live. ³⁰ "Anyone who kills another may be executed only on the testimony of eyewitnesses. But no one can be executed on the testimony of only one witness.

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
God came down to look over the city and the tower those people had built.

Genesis 17:22
God finished speaking with Abraham and left.

Genesis 18:33
When God finished talking with Abraham, he left. And Abraham went home.

Judges 6:21
The angel of God stretched out the tip of the stick he was holding and touched the meat and the bread. Fire broke out of the rock and burned up the meat and bread while the angel of God slipped away out of sight. And Gideon knew it was the angel of God! Gideon said, "Oh no! Master, God ! I have seen the angel of God face-to-face!"

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.