Parallel Verses
Amplified
then you shall select for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge, so that the one who kills any person unintentionally may escape there.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
Holman Bible
designate cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
International Standard Version
they are to designate some towns of refuge so that anyone who kills someone inadvertently may flee there.
A Conservative Version
then ye shall appoint cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
American Standard Version
then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.
Bible in Basic English
Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.
Darby Translation
then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.
Julia Smith Translation
And build ye to you cities; cities of refuge shall they be to you; and the slayer to flee there smiting a soul in error.
King James 2000
Then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person unintentionally.
Lexham Expanded Bible
you will select for yourselves cities for your cities of refuge, that a killer who has killed a person unintentionally can flee there.
Modern King James verseion
then you shall choose cities to be cities of refuge for you, so that the slayer who kills any person through error may flee there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
ye shall build cities which shall be privileged towns for you: that he which slayeth a man unawares, may fly thither.
NET Bible
you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.
New Heart English Bible
then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
The Emphasized Bible
then shall ye find for you, convenient cities, cities of refuge, shall they be unto you, - and the manslayer, who hath slain a person, by mistake, shall flee thither.
Webster
Then ye shall appoint for you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, who killeth any person at unawares.
World English Bible
then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
Youngs Literal Translation
and have prepared to yourselves cities -- cities of refuge they are to you -- then fled thither hath a man-slayer, smiting a person unawares,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 35:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cities Of Refuge
10 “Tell the Israelites, ‘When you cross the Jordan [River] into the land of Canaan, 11 then you shall select for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge, so that the one who kills any person unintentionally may escape there. 12 The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who has caused the death of another will not be killed until he has had a [fair] trial before the congregation.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 21:13
However,
Joshua 20:2
“Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘Designate the cities of refuge (asylum), of which I spoke to you through Moses,
Numbers 35:6
[Among] the cities which you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall provide for the one who commits manslaughter to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities [to the Levites].
Numbers 35:22-25
‘But if he pushed the victim suddenly, not in enmity, or threw anything at him without malicious intent,
Deuteronomy 4:42
so that someone who committed manslaughter could flee there, [that is, a person] who killed his neighbor unintentionally and without previously having hostility toward him, and that by escaping to one of these cities he might [claim the right of asylum and] save his life:
Deuteronomy 19:1-13
“When the Lord your God cuts off (destroys) the nations whose land He is giving you, and you dispossess them and live in their cities and in their houses,