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Numbers 35:12

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12You will have the cities as a refuge from the avenger,l so that the one who kills someone will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

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Cross references

  1. lGn 9:5–6; Dt 19:6,12; Jos 20:5,9; 2Sm 14:11; 1Th 4:6

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that anyone accused of murder may not die before they stand trial before the assembly.

NLTNew Living Translation

These cities will be places of protection from a dead person’s relatives who want to avenge the death. The slayer must not be put to death before being tried by the community.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The cities will be to you a refuge from a redeemer, so that the killer will not die until he stands before the community for judgment.

KJV 1900King 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.