Numbers 35:14

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.”

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BSBPD

“Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“the three of the cities ye give beyond the Jordan, and the three of the cities ye give in the land of Canaan; cities of refuge they are.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 35:14 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
  2. Deuteronomy 19:8And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,
  3. Joshua 20:7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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