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Numbers 35:28

28 For he must remain in his city of refuge iuntil the death of the high priest, but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.

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Numbers 35:28 — The New International Version (NIV)

28 The accused must stay in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may they return to their own property.

Numbers 35:28 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.

Numbers 35:28 — New Living Translation (NLT)

28 The slayer should have stayed inside the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to his own property.

Numbers 35:28 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.

Numbers 35:28 — New Century Version (NCV)

28 The killer must stay in the city of safety until the high priest dies. After the high priest dies, the killer may go home.

Numbers 35:28 — American Standard Version (ASV)

28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.

Numbers 35:28 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

28 for the manslayer should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high-priest; but after the death of the high-priest he may return into the land of his possession.

Numbers 35:28 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

28 Accused murderers must stay in their city of refuge until the death of the high priest. They may go back to their own property only after his death. 

Numbers 35:28 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

28 for the one who killed a person was supposed to live in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may the one who has killed a person return to the land he possesses.

Numbers 35:28 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

28 For the slayer must remain in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest; but after the death of the high priest the slayer may return home.

Numbers 35:28 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

28 because he must live in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the killer will return to the land of his property.

Numbers 35:28 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

28 “ ‘The one who has been charged must stay in that city until the high priest dies. Only then can the one who has been charged return home.

Numbers 35:28 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return to the land of his possession.


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