12and the cities have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer, and the man-slayer doth not die till his standing before the company for judgment.


In Context

9 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

10 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are passing over the Jordan to the land of Canaan,

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

12 and the cities have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer, and the man-slayer doth not die till his standing before the company for judgment.

13 As to the cities which ye give — six are cities of refuge to you;

14 the three of the cities ye give beyond the Jordan, and the three of the cities ye give in the land of Canaan; cities of refuge they are.

Numbers 35:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:12And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

35:12They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that a person accused of murder may not die before he stands trial before the assembly.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:12And when the fugitive shall be in them, the kinsman of him that is slain may not have power to kill him, until he stand before the multitude, and his cause be judged.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:12And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:12And ye shall have these cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:12And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:12And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:12The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:12And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.