Devine Scripture

Numbers 35:15

Numbers chapter 35 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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 killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.14Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

v.15This passage

v.16But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Cross references

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

  • Leviticus 24:22

    Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.

  • Galatians 3:28

    There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

  • Numbers 15:16

    One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

  • Exodus 12:49

    One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

  • Romans 3:29

    Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles also: