Verse Comparison: Numbers 35:12
American Standard Version
And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment.
Amplified® Bible
And the cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he has had a fair trial before the congregation.
Contemporary English Version
If the victim's relatives think it was murder, they might try to take revenge. Anyone accused of murder can run to one of these Safe Towns for protection and not be killed before a trial is held.
Darby English Version
And ye shall have these cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment.
Good News Bible
There you will be safe from the dead person's relative who seeks revenge. No one accused of manslaughter is to be put to death without a public trial.
King James Version
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
New American Standard Bible
`The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for trial.
New International Version
They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that a person accused of murder may not die before he stands trial before the assembly.
New King James Version
They shall be cities of refuge for you from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation in judgment.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
' The cities shall become to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for trial.
Revised Standard Version
The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
Young's Literal Translation
and the cities have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer, and the man-slayer doth not die till his standing before the company for judgment.
