Berean Standard Bible
“designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.”
As Israel nears the promised land, God commands the assignment of forty-eight towns to the Levites, six of them designated as cities of refuge, three on each side of the Jordan.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
World English Bible (WEB)
then you shall appoint for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the man slayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Os señalaréis ciudades, ciudades de acogimiento tendréis, donde huya el homicida que hiriere á alguno de muerte por yerro.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
se designarán ciudades de refugio a fin de que se ponga a salvo en ellas cualquiera que haya dado muerte a otro en forma accidental.
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