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Numbers 35:11

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.

KJV

decernite quæ urbes esse debeant in præsidia fugitivorum, qui nolentes sanguinem fuderint :

Vulgate

καὶ διαστελεῖτε ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς πόλεις· φυγαδευτήρια ἔσται ὑμῖν, φυγεῖν ἐκεῖ τὸν φονευτήν, πᾶς ὁ πατάξας ψυχὴν ἀκουσίως.

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/הִקְרִיתֶ֤ם לָ/כֶם֙ עָרִ֔ים עָרֵ֥י מִקְלָ֖ט תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה לָ/כֶ֑ם וְ/נָ֥ס שָׁ֨מָּ/ה֙ רֹצֵ֔חַ מַכֵּה נֶ֖פֶשׁ בִּ/שְׁגָגָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה
h
adverb · 827×
הוּ
hv
verb · 27×
י
y
noun · 752×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מִקְלַ֣ט
mqlt
noun · 20×
נָ֖סוּ
nsv
verb · 161×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
רֹצֵ֔חַ
rtsch
verb · 47×
שְׁגָגָ֖ה
shggh
verb · 19×

Prophecy

Typology

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 4:42 — That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
  • Deut 19:1 — When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
  • Exod 21:13 — And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
  • Heb 6:18 — That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
  • Josh 20:2 — Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
  • Josh 20:2 — Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
  • Num 35:6 — 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 t
  • Num 35:22 — But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
  • Num 35:22 — But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,