Deuteronomy 19:7

7 This is why I command you to set aside for yourselves three cities.

Deuteronomy 19:7 in Other Translations

7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

7 Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three cities.

7 That is why I am commanding you to set aside three cities of refuge.

7 Therefore I command you: Set aside the three cities for yourselves.

7 This is why I am commanding you to set apart three cities for yourselves.

Deuteronomy 19:7 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 19:7

Wherefore I command thee, saying, thou shalt separate three
cities for thee.
] This was to be done immediately, as soon as they were settled in the land of Canaan, and established in the possession of it, the inhabitants being cut off, or driven out, or however subdued.

Deuteronomy 19:7 In-Context

5 For instance, a man may go into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and as he swings his ax to fell a tree, the head may fly off and hit his neighbor and kill him. That man may flee to one of these cities and save his life.

6 Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue him in a rage, overtake him if the distance is too great, and kill him even though he is not deserving of death, since he did it to his neighbor without malice aforethought.

7 This is why I command you to set aside for yourselves three cities.

8 If the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as he promised on oath to your ancestors, and gives you the whole land he promised them,

9 because you carefully follow all these laws I command you today—to love the LORD your God and to walk always in obedience to him—then you are to set aside three more cities.