And when the Lord thy God [a]enlargeth thy coasts (as he hath sworn unto thy fathers) and giveth thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers.

(If thou keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day: to wit, that thou love the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways forever) (A)then thou shalt add three cities more for thee besides those three,

10 That no innocent blood be shed within thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, [b]lest blood be upon thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:8 When thou goest over Jordan to possess the whole land of Canaan.
  2. Deuteronomy 19:10 Lest thou be punished for innocent blood.

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