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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
על כן אנכי מצוך לאמר שלש ערים תבדיל לך
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
`l kn Anky mTSvk lAmr SHlSH `rym tbdyl lk

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
idcirco praecipio tibi ut tres civitates aequalis inter se spatii dividas

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Why I command you, saying, You shall separate three cities for you.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Therefore I command you, saying, you shall set apart three cities for you.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
New King James Version   
Therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall separate three cities for yourself.’
21st Century King James Version   
Therefore I command thee, saying, ‘Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.’

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee.
Darby Bible Translation   
Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thyself.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three cities.
God's Word   
This is why I'm commanding you to set aside three cities for yourselves.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
This is why I am commanding you to set apart three cities for yourselves.
International Standard Version   
Therefore I am commanding you to reserve three cities."
NET Bible   
Therefore, I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.
New American Standard Bible   
"Therefore, I command you, saying, 'You shall set aside three cities for yourself.'
New International Version   
This is why I command you to set aside for yourselves three cities.
New Living Translation   
That is why I am commanding you to set aside three cities of refuge.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
The World English Bible   
Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourselves.
EasyEnglish Bible   
So I command you to choose three cities to be safe cities for yourselves.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Three cities thou dost separate to thee.
New Life Version   
So I tell you, ‘Set apart three cities for yourself.’
The Voice Bible   
That’s why I’m commanding you to designate these three cities for yourselves.
Living Bible   
Anyone seeking to avenge the death will not be able to. These cities must be scattered so that one of them will be reasonably close to everyone; otherwise the angry avenger might catch and kill the innocent slayer, even though he should not have died since he had not killed deliberately.
New Catholic Bible   
This is why I command you to set aside three cities for yourselves.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Therefore, I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall set apart three cities for yourself.’
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Therefore, I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
Christian Standard Bible   
This is why I am commanding you to set apart three cities for yourselves.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three [refuge] cities.
New Century Version   
This is why I command you to choose these three cities.
The Message   
This is the guideline for the murderer who flees there to take refuge: He has to have killed his neighbor without premeditation and with no history of bad blood between them. For instance, a man goes with his neighbor into the woods to cut a tree; he swings the ax, the head slips off the handle and hits his neighbor, killing him. He may then flee to one of these cities and save his life. If the city is too far away, the avenger of blood racing in hot-blooded pursuit might catch him since it’s such a long distance, and kill him even though he didn’t deserve it. It wasn’t his fault. There was no history of hatred between them. Therefore I command you: Set aside the three cities for yourselves.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Therefore I am commanding you this: Set aside for yourselves three cities.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Therefore I command you: You shall set apart three cities.
Good News Translation®   
This is why I order you to set aside three cities.
Wycliffe Bible   
Therefore I command to thee, that thou separate three cities of even space betwixt themselves. (And so I command thee to set apart three cities with even space between them.)
Contemporary English Version   
That's why I said there must be three Safe Towns.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three cities.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Therefore I command you: You shall set apart three cities.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Therefore I command you: You shall set apart three cities.
Common English Bible © 2011   
This is why I am commanding you as follows: Designate three cities for your use.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Therefore, I command you, saying, ‘You shall set aside three cities [of refuge] for yourself.’
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three cities.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
for this reason I command you: Set apart three cities.
New American Standard Bible   
Therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall set aside for yourself three cities.’
The Expanded Bible   
This is why I command you to ·choose [set apart; separate] these three cities.
Tree of Life Version   
Therefore I am commanding you—set apart three cities for yourself.
Revised Standard Version   
Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three cities.
New International Reader's Version   
That’s why I command you to set apart for yourselves three cities.
BRG Bible   
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
Complete Jewish Bible   
This is why I am ordering you to set aside for yourselves three cities.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Therefore I command you: You shall set apart three cities.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate shalosh arim for thee.
Names of God Bible   
This is why I’m commanding you to set aside three cities for yourselves.
Modern English Version   
Therefore, I command you, saying, “You shall set apart three cities for yourselves.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
That is why I commanded you to choose three special cities.
International Children’s Bible   
This is why I command you to choose these three cities.
Lexham English Bible   
Therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall set apart three cities.’
New International Version - UK   
This is why I command you to set aside for yourselves three cities.