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Numbers 35:10

"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you cross over the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Murder;   Punishments;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - City of refuge;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kill, Killing;   Kinsman-Redeemer;   Motives;   Punishment;   Easton Bible Dictionary - City;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Avenger;   Cities of Refuge;   Manslayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Kin;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Refuge, Cities of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Levi;   Refuge;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Homicide;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Avenger of Blood;   Priestly Code;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Speak to the children of Yisra'el, and tell them, When you pass over the Yarden into the land of Kana`an,
King James Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Lexham English Bible
"Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
English Standard Version
"Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
New Century Version
"Tell the Israelites these things: ‘When you cross the Jordan River and go into Canaan,
Amplified Bible
"Tell the Israelites, 'When you cross the Jordan [River] into the land of Canaan,
New American Standard Bible
"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye be come ouer Iorden into the land of Canaan,
Legacy Standard Bible
"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Contemporary English Version
to tell the people of Israel: After you have crossed the Jordan River and are settled in Canaan,
Complete Jewish Bible
"Tell the people of Isra'el, ‘When you cross the Yarden into the land of Kena‘an,
Darby Translation
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Easy-to-Read Version
"Tell the people this: You will cross the Jordan River and go into the land of Canaan.
George Lamsa Translation
Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Good News Translation
to say to the people of Israel: "When you cross the Jordan River and enter the land of Canaan,
Christian Standard Bible®
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Literal Translation
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Speake to the childre of Israel, & saye vnto the: Whan ye come ouer Iordane into ye londe of Canaan,
American Standard Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Bible in Basic English
Say to the children of Israel, when you have gone over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel, and say vnto them: When ye be come ouer Iordane into the lande of Chanaan:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
King James Version (1611)
Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye bee come ouer Iordane, into the land of Canaan:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Ye are to cross over Jordan into the land of Chanaan.
English Revised Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Berean Standard Bible
"Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Spek thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Whanne ye han passid Jordan, in the lond of Canaan,
Young's Literal Translation
`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are passing over the Jordan to the land of Canaan,
Update Bible Version
Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Webster's Bible Translation
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When ye have passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
World English Bible
Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
New King James Version
"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: "When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
New Living Translation
"Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. "When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
New Life Bible
"Say to the people of Israel, ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
New Revised Standard
Speak to the Israelites, and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, - When ye are passing over the Jordan unto the land of Canaan,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have passed over the Jordan into the land of Chanaan,
Revised Standard Version
"Say to the people of Israel, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Contextual Overview

9 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 10 "Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you cross over the Jordan River into the land of Canaan, 11 you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee. 12 And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community. 13 These towns that you must give shall be your six towns for refuge. 14 "You must give three towns on this side of the Jordan, and you must give three towns in the land of Canaan; they must be towns of refuge. 15 These six towns will be places of refuge for the Israelites, and for the foreigner, and for the settler among them, so that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there. 16 "But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death. 17 If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death. 18 Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon so that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 34:2, Leviticus 14:34, Leviticus 25:2, Deuteronomy 12:9, Deuteronomy 19:1, Deuteronomy 19:2

Cross-References

Genesis 17:5
No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 17:15
Then God said to Abraham, "As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.
Genesis 35:27
So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
Genesis 35:28
Isaac lived to be 180 years old.
1 Kings 18:31
Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, "Israel will be your new name."
2 Kings 17:34
To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship the Lord ; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,.... Now, directly:

when ye come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; as they quickly would, being now very near it, and of which there was the utmost certainty, since the Lord had promised to bring them over that river, and put them in possession of that land.


 
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