Six Cities of Refuge
Numbers 35:14
In 11 translations
- 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.
- LSV
- three of the cities you give from beyond the Jordan, and three of the cities you give in the land of Canaan; they are cities of refuge.
- YLT
- 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.
- DBY
- 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.
- DRC
- Three shall be beyond the Jordan, and three in the land of Chanaan,
- GNV
- Ye shall appoint three on this side Iorden, and ye shall appoint three cities in the lande of Canaan which shalbe cities of refuge.
- JPS
- 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.
- LXXE
- Ye shall assign three cities on the other side of Jordan, and ye shall assign three cities in the land of Chanaan.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- אֵ֣ת ׀ שְׁלֹ֣שׁ הֶעָרִ֗ים תִּתְּנוּ֙ מֵעֵ֣בֶר לַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וְאֵת֙ שְׁלֹ֣שׁ הֶֽעָרִ֔ים תִּתְּנ֖וּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן עָרֵ֥י מִקְלָ֖ט תִּהְיֶֽינָה׃
- LXX-Br
- Τὰς τρεῖς πόλεις δώσετε πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, καὶ τὰς τρεῖς πόλεις δώσετε ἐν γῇ Χαναάν.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Refuge, Cities ofHomicideRefugeMoabCourts, JudicialCityBeyondCanaanJoshua (2)Law in the Old Testament
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Cross-references most cited first
- Deuteronomy 19:8–10And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them, and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your…
- Deuteronomy 4:41–43Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these…
- Joshua 20:7–9So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they…
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