But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee.
Numbers 35:11 - 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. English Standard Version 2016 then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there. |
But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee.
Say to the children of Israel: The soul that sinneth through ignorance, and doth any thing concerning any of the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded not to be done:
If a prince shall sin, and through ignorance do any one of the things that the law of the Lord forbiddeth,
As well for the children of Israel as for strangers and sojourners, that he may flee to them, who hath shed blood against his will.
And among the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, six shall be separated for refuge to fugitives, that he who hath shed blood may flee to them. And besides these there shall be other forty-two cities:
That any one might flee to them who should kill his neighbour unwillingly, and was not his enemy a day or two before: and that he might escape to some one of these cities:
Appoint cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses.