And if a man lie not in wait, but God delivers him into his hand; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
Numbers 35:11 - 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. 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. 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 delivers him into his hand; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall act against any one of them:
When a ruler has sinned, and done something through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that kills any person unintentionally may flee there.
And among the cities which you shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them you shall add forty and two cities.
That the slayer might flee there, who should kill his neighbor unintentionally, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke unto you by the hand of Moses: