King James Version

Numbers 35:13

And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.

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וְהֶעָרִ֖יםvehearimand the cityעִירconjunction, definite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and the city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.אֲשֶׁ֣רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…תִּתֵּ֑נוּtitenvgiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…שֵׁשׁsheshsixשֵׁשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.עָרֵ֥יarecityעִירnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.מִקְלָ֖טmiqlatrefugeמִקְלָטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “refuge”, the ordinary formH4733an asylum (as a receptacle)refuge.תִּהְיֶ֥ינָהtihyeynahbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָכֶֽםlakhemtoלָכֶֽםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And as to the cities which ye shall give, there shall be for you six cities of refuge.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

Young’s Literal Translation

'As to the cities which ye give — six [are] cities of refuge to you;

World English Bible

The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

Darby Translation

And the cities that ye shall give shall be six cities of refuge for you.

Douay-Rheims

And of those cities, that are separated for the refuge of fugitives,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And as to the cities which ye shall give, there shall be for you six cities of refuge.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the cities which ye shall assign, even the six cities, shall be places of refuge for you.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ αἱ πόλεις ἃς δώσετε τὰς ἓξ πόλεις, φυγαδευτήρια ἔσονται ὑμῖν.