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Numbers 35:12

12 jThey shall be cities of refuge for you from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation in judgment.

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Numbers 35:12 — The New International Version (NIV)

12 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.

Numbers 35:12 — English Standard Version (ESV)

12 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.

Numbers 35:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

12 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.

Numbers 35:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 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.

Numbers 35:12 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 There the person will be safe from the dead person’s relative who has the duty of punishing the killer. He will not die before he receives a fair trial in court.

Numbers 35:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)

12 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.

Numbers 35:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

12 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.

Numbers 35:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 These cities will be places of refuge from any relative who can avenge the death. So anyone accused of murder will not have to die until he has had a trial in front of the community.

Numbers 35:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

Numbers 35:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

12 The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, so that the slayer may not die until there is a trial before the congregation.

Numbers 35:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 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.

Numbers 35:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 They will be places of safety for them. People will be safe there from those who want to kill them. Then those who are charged with murder will not die before their case has been brought to the community court.

Numbers 35:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

12 ‘The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for trial.


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