Deuteronomy 19:2

you separate three cities for yourself in the midst of your land which your God YHWH is giving to you to possess it.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

In Context

1“When your God YHWH cuts off the nations whose land your God YHWH is giving to you, and you have dispossessed them, and dwelt in their cities and in their houses,

3You prepare the way for yourself, and have divided into three parts the border of your land which your God YHWH causes you to inherit, and it has been for the fleeing there of every manslayer.

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Cross References

Numbers 35:10“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: When you are passing over the Jordan to the land of Canaan,

Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses separates three cities beyond the Jordan, toward the sun-rising,

Joshua 20:2“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Give cities of refuge for yourselves, as I have spoken to you by the hand of Moses,

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 19:2-14

The Cities of Refuge. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; 2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. 4 And this is the case of… Read the whole commentary →

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