Deuteronomy 19:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three [refuge] cities.

American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee.

Common English Bible

This is why I am commanding you as follows: Designate three cities for your use.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For this reason, I instruct you to separate three cities at equal distance from one another.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Deuteronomy 19:7 Cross References

Exodus 21:13

And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

Deuteronomy 19:6

lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

Deuteronomy 19:8

And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

Deuteronomy 3:18

And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valour.

Deuteronomy 4:41

Then Moses separated three cities beyond Jordan toward the sunrising;