Deuteronomy 19:2

Three cities shalt thou set apart to thee within thy land, which the Lord thy God will give thee to inherit.

Targum Onkelos

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

1When the Lord thy God hath destroyed the nations whose land the Lord thy God will give thee, and you possess it, and dwell in their cities and houses;

3Thou shalt prepare for thee a way, and divide into three parts the boundary of thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess, for any manslayer to escape thither.

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Cross References

Numbers 35:10speak with the sons of Israel, and say to them: When you have passed the Jordan to the land of Kenaan,

Deuteronomy 4:41Then Mosheh separated three cities on the other side of the Jordan (toward) the sunrise,

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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