Numbers 35:12
World English Bible (WEB)
The cities shall be for your refuge from the avenger, that the man slayer not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
In context
10 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11 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.
12 The cities shall be for your refuge from the avenger, that the man slayer not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
13 The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.
14 You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan. They shall be cities of refuge.
Numbers 35:12 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- The cities shall be for your refuge from the avenger, that the man slayer not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
- KJV King James Version
- And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And ye shall have these cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.