Deuteronomy 19:2
New Revised Standard Version
you shall set apart three cities in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

New American Bible
you shall set apart three cities in the land the LORD, your God, is giving you to possess.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt separate to thee three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give thee in possession,

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Thou shalt separate to thee three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give thee in possession,

Deuteronomy 4:41-43 Then Moses set aside three cities beyond the Jordan at the east side, . . .

Exodus 23:12 Six days thou shalt work: the seventh day thou shalt cease, that thy ox and thy ass may rest: and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed.

Numbers 35:10-15 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have passed over the Jordan into the land of Chanaan, . . .

Joshua 20:2-7 Appoint cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses: . . .

Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest comfort, we who have fled for refuge to hold fast the hope set before us.

Context
Cities of Refuge
1When the Lord thy God hath destroyed the nations, whose land he will deliver to thee, and thou shalt possess it, and shalt dwell in the cities and houses thereof: 2Thou shalt separate to thee three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give thee in possession,3Paving diligently the way: and thou shalt divide the whole province of thy land equally into three parts: that he who is forced to flee for manslaughter, may have near at hand whither to escape.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:41
Then Moses set aside three cities beyond the Jordan at the east side,

Deuteronomy 19:3
Paving diligently the way: and thou shalt divide the whole province of thy land equally into three parts: that he who is forced to flee for manslaughter, may have near at hand whither to escape.

Joshua 20:2
Appoint cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:

Deuteronomy 19:1
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