Numbers 35:14

What does Numbers 35:14 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 35:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Three on the other side of Jordan and three in the land of Canaan, to be safe places for flight.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Three shall be beyond the Jordan, and three in the land of Chanaan,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.13And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

v.14This passage

v.15For 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 20:7

    And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.

  • Deuteronomy 4:41

    Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

  • Deuteronomy 19:8

    And if Jehovah thy God enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

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