NIV: They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that anyone accused of murder may not die before they stand trial before the assembly.
NAS: '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.
KJV: 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.
GWT: These cities will be places of refuge from any relative who can avenge the death. So anyone accused of murder will not have to die until he has had a trial in front of the community.
ASV: 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.
BBE: In these towns you may be safe from him who has the right of punishment; so that death may not overtake the taker of life till he has been judged by the meeting of the people.
DBY: 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.
DRB: And when the fugitive shall be in them, the kinsman of him that is slain may not have power to kill him, until he stand before the multitude, and his cause be judged.
WBS: And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the man-slayer may not die, until he stands before the congregation in judgment.
WEB: The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
YLT: 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.
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