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Deuteronomy 19:2–3

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2ayou shall set apart three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to 1possess.

3“You shall prepare the 1roads for yourself, and divide into three parts the territory of your land which Yahweh your God will give you to inherit, 2so that any manslayer may flee there.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit possess it
  2. 1Lit road
  3. 2Lit and it shall be for every manslayer to flee there

Cross references

  1. aDeut 4:41; Josh 20:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. You shall measure the distances and divide into three parts the area of the land that the Lord your God gives you as a possession, so that any manslayer can flee to them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

then set aside for yourselves three cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess. Determine the distances involved and divide into three parts the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that a person who kills someone may flee for refuge to one of these cities.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

you are to set apart three cities for yourselves within the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess. You are to determine the distances and divide the land the Lord your God is granting you as an inheritance into three regions, so that anyone who commits manslaughter can flee to these cities.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then you must set apart three cities of refuge in the land the Lord your God is giving you. Survey the territory, and divide the land the Lord your God is giving you into three districts, with one of these cities in each district. Then anyone who has killed someone can flee to one of the cities of refuge for safety.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land that Yahweh your God is giving to you to take possession of it. You shall prepare the roads for yourselves, and you shall divide the regions of your land into thirds that Yahweh your God gives you as a possession, so that it will be available for any manslayer to flee there.

KJV 1900King 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. 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.