Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
You must reserve three cities within the land that the LORD your God is about to give you to possess.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Holman Bible
you are to set apart three cities for yourselves within the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
A Conservative Version
thou shall set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which LORD thy God gives thee to possess it.
American Standard Version
thou shalt set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Amplified
you shall designate three cities for yourself in the central area of the land, which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
Bible in Basic English
You are to have three towns marked out in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.
Darby Translation
thou shalt separate three cities for thyself in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess.
Julia Smith Translation
Three cities shalt thou separate to thee in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee to possess it.
King James 2000
You shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you to take possession of it.
Modern King James verseion
you shall separate three cities for you in the middle of your land, which Jehovah your God gives you to possess it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
thou shalt appoint three cities in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
NET Bible
you must set apart for yourselves three cities in the middle of your land that the Lord your God is giving you as a possession.
New Heart English Bible
you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
The Emphasized Bible
three cities, shalt thou set apart for thee, - in the midst of thy land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess.
Webster
Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
World English Bible
you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.
Youngs Literal Translation
three cities thou dost separate for thee in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
Interlinear
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Tavek
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 19:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
1 "When the LORD your God destroys those nations whose lands he is about to give you, you must dispossess them and live in their cities and houses. 2 You must reserve three cities within the land that the LORD your God is about to give you to possess. 3 Build roads throughout the land that the LORD your God is providing as an inheritance, and then divide it into three districts so that any killer may flee there.
Names
Cross References
Exodus 21:13
If he didn't lie in wait, but God let him fall into his reach, then I'll appoint for you a place to which he may flee.
Numbers 35:10-15
"Tell the Israelis that when they have crossed the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,
Deuteronomy 4:41-43
Then Moses designated three cities on the east side of the Jordan,
Joshua 20:2-7
"Tell the people of Israel to set apart cities of refuge about which I spoke to you through Moses,
Hebrews 6:18
so that by these two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge in him might be encouraged to seize the hope set before us.