The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Numbers 35:6 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional The towns that you give to the Levites shall include the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit a slayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two towns. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Of the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee into; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities. American Standard Version (1901) 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 unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities. Common English Bible Six of the cities that you give to the Levites will be refuge cities. You will allow the person who kills someone to flee there. In addition to these you will give them forty-two cities. Catholic Public Domain Version Now, from the towns which you shall give to the Levites, six shall be separated for the assistance of fugitives, so that he who has shed blood may flee to them. And, aside from these, there shall be forty-two other towns, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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: |
The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
If it was not premeditated, but came about by an act of God, then I will appoint for you a place to which the killer may flee.
It will serve as a pavilion, a shade by day from the heat, and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.
You shall measure, outside the town, for the east side two thousand cubits, for the south side two thousand cubits, for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, with the town in the middle; this shall belong to them as pasture land for their towns.
“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.
To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasture lands, Libnah with its pasture lands,
To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,
To the Gershonites, one of the families of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, and Beeshterah with its pasture lands—two towns.
So by command of the Lord the Israelites gave to the Levites the following towns and pasture lands out of their inheritance.
Out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands—three towns.
Out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,
Out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,