11then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.


In Context

8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have much ye shall take much, and from them that have little ye shall take little; each one according to his inheritance which he will inherit shall give of his cities to the Levites.

9 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

11 then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.

12 And ye shall have these cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment.

13 And the cities that ye shall give shall be six cities of refuge for you.

Numbers 35:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:11Then 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

35:11select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:11Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives, who have shed blood against their will.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:11then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:11then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the manslayer which killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:11Then ye shall appoint for you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, who killeth any person at unawares.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:11then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

35:11and have prepared to yourselves cities — cities of refuge they are to you — then fled thither hath a man-slayer, smiting a person unawares,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:11Then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which kills any person at unawares.