Catholic Public Domain Version
"discern which cities ought to be for the protection of fugitives who have shed blood unwillingly. "
— Numbers 35:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. ”
“then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.”
“you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.”
“Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives, who have shed blood against their will.”
“Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.”
“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.”
And concerning these cities, which shall be given from the possessions of the sons of Israel: from those who have more, more shall be taken, and from those who have less, less shall be taken. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to the measure of their inheritance.”
The Lord said to Moses:
“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
discern which cities ought to be for the protection of fugitives who have shed blood unwillingly.
And when a fugitive is in these, the kinsman of the deceased shall not be able to kill him, until he stands in the sight of the multitude and his case is judged.
Then, among those cities which are separated for relief to fugitives,
three shall be across the Jordan, and three in the land of Canaan,