Numbers 35:14
12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
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.
15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan. They shall be cities of refuge.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- Three cities you⁺ shall appoint on this side of the Jordan, and three cities you⁺ shall appoint in the land of Canaan—they are cities of refuge.
- ÅB
- De tre byer skal dere gi på andre siden av[^1] Jordan, og de tre andre byer skal dere gi i Kana'ans land; de skal være tilfluktsstæder.
- OTB
- Gi tre byer på denne siden av Jordan og tre i Kanaans land som tilfluktsbyer.
- B1930
- De tre byer skal I gi på hin side Jordan, og de tre andre byer skal I gi i Kana'ans land; de skal være tilfluktsstæder. / < østenfor.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 4:41–43
Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
Read in contextJoshua 20:7–9
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 19:8–10
And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
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