World English Bible
"then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there."
— Numbers 35:11, World English 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. ”
“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.”
Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few: everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites."
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.
You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.