19 2 The franchised towns. 14 Not to remove thy neighbor’s bounds. 16 The punishment of him that beareth false witness.

When the Lord thy God (A)shall root out the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou shalt possess them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,

(B)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 [a]prepare thee the way, and divide the coasts of the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every [b]manslayer may flee thither.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:3 Make an open and ready way.
  2. Deuteronomy 19:3 Which killeth against his will, and bare no hatred in his heart.

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