(A)Thou shalt separate three cities for thee, in the midst of thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

Thou shalt [a]prepare thee the way, and divide the coasts of the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every [b]manslayer may flee thither.

¶ This also is the cause wherefore the manslayer shall flee thither, and live: who so killeth his neighbor ignorantly, and hated him not in time passed:

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:3 Make an open and ready way.
  2. Deuteronomy 19:3 Which killeth against his will, and bare no hatred in his heart.

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