Numbers 35:14 (BSB)
Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.
From Numbers 35. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Numbers 35:14
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 35:14: Ye shall give three cites on this side Jordan,.... Which were Bezer in the wilderness, out of the tribe of Reuben; and Ramoth in Gilead, out of the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, out of the tribe of Manasseh, Jos 20:8, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan: which were Kadesh in Galilee, in Mount Naphtali; Shechem in Mount...
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 35:14: Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, [which] shall be cities of refuge. (e) Among the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, .
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Numbers 35:12-15: Num 35:12-15 These towns were to serve for a refuge from the avenger of blood, that the manslayer might not die before he had taken his trial in the presence of the congregation. The number of cities was fixed at six, three on the other side of the Jordan, and three on this side in the land of Canaan, to which both the children of...