NET Bible
"you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee."
— Numbers 35:11, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.
The Cities of Refuge Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you cross over the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,
you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.
And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community.
These towns that you must give shall be your six towns for refuge.
“You must give three towns on this side of the Jordan, and you must give three towns in the land of Canaan; they must be towns of refuge.