“Then ye shall appoint you cities, to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither which killeth any person at vnawares.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
- King James Version
then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, that the manslayer who has killed any person unintentionally may flee there.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.
- Basic English Bible
then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.
- Darby Bible
Then ye shall appoint for you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, who killeth any person at unawares.
- Webster's Bible
then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
- World English Bible
and have prepared to yourselves cities -- cities of refuge they are to you -- then fled thither hath a man-slayer, smiting a person unawares,
- Youngs Literal Bible
then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person through error may flee thither.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 35:11
35:11 Unawares - Not wilfully, designedly or maliciously, but through mistake or indiscretion.