Numbers 35:6 “Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities o…”

Numbers 35:6

Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

World English Bible

“The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the man slayer to flee to. Besides them you shall give forty-two cities.

American Standard Version

And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities.

Geneva Bible 1599

And of the cities which yee shall giue vnto the Leuites, there shalbe sixe cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint, that he which killeth, may flee thither: and to them yee shall adde two and fourtie cities more.

Darby Translation

And [among] the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites [shall be] the six cities of refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither, — and besides them ye shall give forty-two cities:

Young's Literal Translation

'And the cities which ye give to the Levites [are] the six cities of refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides them ye give forty and two cities;

Bible in Basic English

And the towns which you give the Levites are to be the six safe places to which the taker of life may go in flight; and in addition you are to give them forty-two towns.

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Cross references

“six cities for refuge”

Joshua 21:3 Joshua 21:13 Joshua 21:21 Joshua 21:27 Joshua 21:32 Joshua 21:36

Joshua 21:3 · BSB

So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

Joshua 21:13 · BSB

So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,

Joshua 21:21 · BSB

they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,

Joshua 21:27 · BSB

This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pastureland…

Joshua 21:32 · BSB

And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.

Joshua 21:36 · BSB

From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

7The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.

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