Verse 6

And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them you shall add forty-two cities.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Byene dere gir til levittene, skal være seks tilfluktsbyer hvor mistenkte drapsmenn kan flykte. I tillegg skal dere gi dem 42 byer.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Blant byene som dere gir levittene, skal det være seks tilfluktsbyer, som dere skal utpeke for den som dreper med vilje, så han kan flykte dit, og i tillegg skal dere gi dem førtito byer.

• Norsk King James

  Og blant byene som dere skal gi til levittene, skal dere ha seks byer til tilflukt, som dere skal utpeke for drapsmannen, slik at han kan flykte dit; og til dem skal dere legge til to og førti byer.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Av byene som dere skal gi levittene, skal seks være tilfluktsbyer som manddrabere kan flykte til, i tillegg til førtito andre byer.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Byene som dere gir levittene, skal inkludere seks tilfluktsbyer hvor drapsmenn som har drept noen ved uhell, kan flykte til. I tillegg skal dere gi førti-to andre byer.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Blant byene som dere skal gi levittene, skal det være seks tilfluktsbyer, som dere skal sette opp for den som dreper noen, så han kan flykte dit; i tillegg skal dere gi dem førtito andre byer.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Blant de byene dere skal gi til levittene, skal det være seks tilfluktsbyer, som dere utpeker for den som har drept et menneske, slik at han kan flykte dit; og til disse skal dere tilføre ytterligere førti-to byer.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Blant byene som dere skal gi levittene, skal det være seks tilfluktsbyer, som dere skal sette opp for den som dreper noen, så han kan flykte dit; i tillegg skal dere gi dem førtito andre byer.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De byene dere gir levittene, skal inkludere seks tilfluktsbyer hvor mordere kan flykte til, i tillegg til 42 andre byer.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The cities that you give to the Levites shall include six cities of refuge for someone who kills another unintentionally to flee to; in addition, give them forty-two more cities.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Blant byene som dere gir levittene, skal det være seks tilfluktsbyer, hvor en som har drept noen ved uhell kan flykte til. I tillegg skal dere gi dem førtito andre byer.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og af Stæderne, som I skulle give Leviterne, skulle være sex Tilflugtsstæder, som I skulle give, at Manddraberen kan flye derhen; og foruden dem skulle I give dem to og fyrretyve Stæder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Blant byene dere gir levittene, skal det være seks tilfluktsbyer, hvor drapsmannen kan flykte; i tillegg skal dere gi dem førtito andre byer.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Byene dere skal gi til levittene, skal være de seks tilfluktsbyene, som dere skal gi for drapsmenn å flykte til; og i tillegg skal dere gi førtito byer.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Byene dere gir levittene skal inkludere seks fristeder, som dere gir for drapsmenn som må flykte dit, og i tillegg førti og to byer.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Byene dere gir levittene, skal være seks tilfluktsbyer, hvor drapsmannen kan flykte til, og i tillegg skal dere gi dem førtito byer.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De byene dere gir til Levittene skal være de seks tilfluktsbyene hvor drapsmenn kan flykte; i tillegg skal dere gi dem førtito byer.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And amonge the cities which ye shall geue vnto the leuites there shall be sixe cities of fraunches which ye shall geue to that intent that he which killeth maye flye thyder. And to them ye shall adde.xlij. cities mo:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And amoge the cities which ye shal geue vnto the Leuites, ye shall geue the sixe fre cities, that he which comitteth a slaughter, maie flye thither. Besydes the same ye shal geue the yet two & fourtie cities:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And of the cities which yee shall giue vnto the Leuites, there shalbe sixe cities for refuge, which ye shal appoint, that he which killeth, may flee thither: and to them yee shall adde two and fourtie cities mo.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And from among the cities whiche ye shall geue vnto the Leuites, there shal be sixe cities for refuge, whiche ye shall appoynt to that intent that he whiche kylleth, may flee thyther: And to them ye shall adde fourtie and two cities mo.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites [there shall be] six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And the cities which ye give to the Levites `are' the six cities of refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides them ye give forty and two cities;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the towns which you give the Levites are to be the six safe places to which the taker of life may go in flight; and in addition you are to give them forty-two towns.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now from these towns that you will give to the Levites you must select six towns of refuge to which a person who has killed someone may flee. And you must give them forty-two other towns.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 21:3 : 3 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the command of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
• Josh 21:13 : 13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its suburbs,
• Josh 21:21 : 21 For they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its suburbs,
• Josh 21:27 : 27 And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with its suburbs; two cities.
• Josh 21:32 : 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
• Josh 21:36 : 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahazah with its suburbs,
• Josh 21:38 : 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
• Ps 9:9 : 9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
• Ps 62:7-8 : 7 In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 8 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
• Ps 142:4-5 : 4 I looked on my right hand and beheld, but there was no one who would know me; refuge failed me; no one cared for my soul. 5 I cried unto You, O LORD: I said, You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
• Isa 4:6 : 6 And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.
• Matt 11:28 : 28 Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us:
• Num 35:13-14 : 13 And of these cities which you shall give, you shall have six cities for refuge. 14 You shall give three cities on this side of Jordan, and three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
• Deut 4:41-43 : 41 Then Moses set apart three cities on this side of Jordan toward the sunrise; 42 That the slayer might flee there, who should kill his neighbor unintentionally, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live: 43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, on the plain land of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
• Josh 20:2-9 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Set apart cities of refuge for yourselves, of which I spoke to you through Moses: 3 That the slayer who kills any person unintentionally and unknowingly may flee there: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he who flees to one of those cities shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and shall declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to them and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand because he struck his neighbor unintentionally and did not hate him beforehand. 6 And he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then the slayer shall return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled. 7 And they designated Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain of Naphtali, and Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. 8 And on the other side of Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger residing among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation.