Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan

41 Then Moses (A)set apart three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun,

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Cities of Refuge(A)

41 Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan,

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41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

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“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: (A)‘Appoint[a] for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 20:2 Designate

“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

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Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

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So they appointed (A)Kedesh in Galilee, in the mountains of Naphtali, (B)Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and (C)Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron) in (D)the mountains of Judah.

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So they set apart Kedesh(A) in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem(B) in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba(C) (that is, Hebron(D)) in the hill country of Judah.(E)

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And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

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And on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho eastward, they assigned (A)Bezer in the wilderness on the plain, from the tribe of Reuben, (B)Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and (C)Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.

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East of the Jordan (on the other side from Jericho) they designated Bezer(A) in the wilderness on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead(B) in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan(C) in the tribe of Manasseh.

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And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

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So the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their common-lands:

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So, as the Lord had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

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And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.

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13 Thus (A)to the children of Aaron the priest they gave (B)Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), (C)Libnah with its common-land,

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13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge(A) for one accused of murder), Libnah,(B)

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13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

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