World English Bible
Deuteronomy 19:2
“you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 19
1
When Yahweh your God shall cut off the nations, whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses;
2
you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.
3
You shall prepare you the way, and divide the borders of your land, which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee there.
4
This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past;
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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