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Deuteronomy 19:3

1 When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,

2 then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.

4 Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:

5 If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.
KJV
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.
WEB
You shall prepare the way, and divide the borders of your land which the LORD your God causes you to inherit into three parts, that every man slayer may flee there.
ASV
Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which Jehovah thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.
DARBY
Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the territory of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, so that every slayer may flee thither.
BLB
You shall prepare for yourself the way and divide into three parts the territory of your land that YHWH your God is giving you to inherit, and it will be [that] any manslayer may flee there.
ÅB
Du skal gjøre veien til dem i stand og skifte hele det land som Herren din Gud gir deg til arv, i tre deler, for at enhver manndraper kan flykte dit.
OTB
Forbered veiene og del landet ditt i tre deler, som Herren din Gud gir deg som arv, slik at enhver som dreper en person utilsiktet kan flykte dit.
B1930
Du skal gjøre veien til dem i stand og skifte hele det land som Herren din Gud gir dig til arv, i tre deler, forat enhver manndraper kan fly dit.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 57:14

    And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”

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  • Hebrews 12:13

    Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

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  • Isaiah 62:10

    Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!

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  • Isaiah 35:8

    And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.

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