And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Numbers 35:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the manslayer which killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the slayer who kills any person unintentionally and unawares may flee there. American Standard Version (1901) then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. Common English Bible identify for yourselves cities to be refuge cities, where a person who kills someone by accident may flee. Catholic Public Domain Version discern which cities ought to be for the protection of fugitives who have shed blood unwillingly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives, who have shed blood against their will. |
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any one shall sin unwittingly, in any of the things which the LORD hath commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them:
When a ruler sinneth, and doeth unwittingly any one of all the things which the LORD his God hath commanded not to be done, and is guilty;
For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge: that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.
And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee thither: and beside them ye shall give forty and two cities.
that the manslayer might flee thither, which slayeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: