Numbers 35:14

THE MESSAGE

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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.

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 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

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
Jacob took a stone and set it upright as a pillar.

Genesis 35:18
With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune).

Genesis 35:19
Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. Jacob set up a pillar to mark her grave. It is still there today, "Rachel's Grave Stone."

Exodus 17:15
Moses built an altar and named it " God My Banner." He said, Salute God 's rule! God at war with Amalek Always and forever!

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.