Numbers - 35:13

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13 The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

Verse In-Depth

Explanation and meaning of Numbers 35:13.

Differing Translations

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And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
And of those cities, that are separated for the refuge of fugitives,
And the cities that ye shall give shall be six cities of refuge for you.
Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places;
Et ex urbibus quas dabitis, sex urbes refugii erunt vobis.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And of these cities which ye shall give,.... Of the forty eight cities they were to give to the Levites, Numbers 35:7,
six cities shall ye have for refuge; which, I think, makes it clear, that not all the forty eight cities were for refuge, only six of them.

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