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.


In Context

8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

9 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

10 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When ye have passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

11 Then 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.

12 And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the man-slayer may not die, until he stands before the congregation in judgment.

13 And of these cities which ye shall give, six cities shall ye have for refuge.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:11then 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.

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 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.