Deuteronomy 19:7-9

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁷ Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another.

⁸ And when the Lord thy God shall have enlarged thy borders, as he swore to thy fathers, and shall give thee all the land that he promised them,

⁹ (Yet so, if thou keep his commandments, and do the things which I command thee this day, that thou love the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways at all times) thou shalt add to thee other three cities, and shalt double the number of the three cities aforesaid: