Numbers 35:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.”
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“These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To sons of Israel, and to a sojourner, and to a settler in their midst, are these six cities for a refuge, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting a person unawares.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 35:15 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 12:49The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”
- Leviticus 24:22You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
- Numbers 15:16The same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.”
- Romans 3:29Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
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