◄ Deuteronomy 19:7 ►
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Good News Translation
This is why I order you to set aside three cities.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore I command you: You shall set apart three cities.

Contemporary English Version
That's why I said there must be three Safe Towns.

New American Bible
for this reason I command you: Set apart three cities.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another.

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Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another.

Deuteronomy 19:8 And when the Lord thy God shall have enlarged thy borders, as he swore to the fathers, and shall give thee all the land that he promised them,

Context
Cities of Refuge
…6Lest perhaps the next kinsman of him whose blood was shed, pushed on by his grief should pursue, and apprehend him, if the way be too long, and take away the life of him who is not guilty of death, because he is proved to have had no hatred before against him that was slain. 7Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another.8And when the Lord thy God shall have enlarged thy borders, as he swore to the fathers, and shall give thee all the land that he promised them,…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:6
Lest perhaps the next kinsman of him whose blood was shed, pushed on by his grief should pursue, and apprehend him, if the way be too long, and take away the life of him who is not guilty of death, because he is proved to have had no hatred before against him that was slain.

Deuteronomy 19:8
And when the Lord thy God shall have enlarged thy borders, as he swore to the fathers, and shall give thee all the land that he promised them,

Deuteronomy 19:6
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