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Deuteronomy 19:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Deuteronomy 19:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 19
Cities of Refuge. 1 When the Lord, your God, has destroyed the nations whose land he is giving you, when you have driven them out and you are dwelling in their cities and houses, 2 [a]then set aside three cities in the land that the Lord, your God, is giving you to possess. 3 Build roads to them, and divide the land that the Lord, your God, is giving you as an inheritance into three parts so that anyone who has killed another can flee to them.
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- Deuteronomy 19:2 As described in Num 35:7-34 six cities of refuge were to be designated for those guilty of the accidental death of another person. In this section, Moses speaks specifically about the three cities to be built in Canaan, west of the Jordan.
