Numbers 35:13

New Living Translation

Designate six cities of refuge for yourselves,

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 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 said to Moses, ¹⁰ "Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. "When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ¹¹ designate cities of refuge to which people can flee if they have killed someone accidentally. ¹² These cities will be places of protection from a dead person's relatives who want to avenge the death. The slayer must not be put to death before being tried by the community. ¹³ Designate six cities of refuge for yourselves, ¹⁴ three on the east side of the Jordan River and three on the west in the land of Canaan. ¹⁵ These cities are for the protection of Israelites, foreigners living among you, and traveling merchants. Anyone who accidentally kills someone may flee there for safety. ¹⁶ "But if someone strikes and kills another person with a piece of iron, it is murder, and the murderer must be executed. ¹⁷ Or if someone with a stone in his hand strikes and kills another person, it is murder, and the murderer must be put to death. ¹⁸ Or if someone strikes and kills another person with a wooden object, it is murder, and the murderer must 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
But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.

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

Genesis 18:33
When the Lord had finished his conversation with Abraham, he went on his way, and Abraham returned to his tent.

Judges 6:21
Then the angel of the Lord touched the meat and bread with the tip of the staff in his hand, and fire flamed up from the rock and consumed all he had brought. And the angel of the Lord disappeared.

Judges 13:20
As the flames from the altar shot up toward the sky, the angel of the Lord ascended in the fire. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell with their faces to the ground.

Luke 24:31
Suddenly, their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And at that moment he disappeared!

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.