Deuteronomy 19:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ “Prepare a way for yourself, and divide into three parts the border of your land which יהוה  your Elohim is giving you to inherit, that anyone who killed someone shall flee there.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ You shall prepare the road and divide into three parts the territory of your land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, so that any manslayer can flee to them.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which Jehovah thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.

Common English Bible

³ Mark out the roads to them and divide the regions of the land the LORD your God is apportioning to you into three parts. These cities are the places to which a person who has killed can escape.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ paving the road carefully. And you shall divide the entire province of your land equally into three parts, so that he who is forced to flee because of manslaughter may have a place nearby to which he may be able to escape.

Deuteronomy 19:3 Cross References

Isaiah 35:8

And there shall be a highway, and a way, and it shall be called “The Way of Set-apartness.” The unclean does not pass over it, but it is for those who walk the way, and no fools wander on it.

Isaiah 57:14

And one shall say, “Heap it up! Heap it up! Prepare the way, take the stumbling-block out of the way of My people.”

Isaiah 62:10

Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Lift up a banner for the peoples!

Deuteronomy 19:2

separate three cities for yourself in the midst of your land which יהוה  your Elohim is giving you to possess.

Deuteronomy 19:4

“And this is the matter of the one who killed someone who flees there and live: He who smites his neighbour unintentionally, not having hated him in time past,

Deuteronomy 26:1

“And it shall be, when you come into the land which יהוה  your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it,

Deuteronomy 4:21

“And יהוה  was enraged with me because of your words, and swore that I would not pass over the Yardĕ

Hebrews 12:13

and make straight paths for your feet, lest the lame be turned aside, but instead, to be healed.