Carefully obey all these laws I’m ·giving [commanding] you today. Love the Lord your God, and always do what he wants you to do. Then the Lord your God will enlarge your ·land [boundaries] as he ·promised [^Lswore to] your ·ancestors [fathers], giving you the whole land he promised to them. After that, ·choose three more cities of safety [^Ladd three more cities to these three] ¹⁰ so that innocent ·people will not be killed [^Lblood will not be shed] in your land, the land that the Lord your God is giving you as your ·own [^Linheritance]. ·By doing this you will not be guilty of allowing the death of innocent people [^L…bringing bloodguilt on you].

¹¹ But if a person hates his neighbor and, after ·hiding and waiting [lying in wait], ·attacks [^Lrises up] and ·kills [^Lstrikes] him and then runs to one of these cities for safety,