Deuteronomy 19:2

New Century Version

Then choose three cities in the middle of the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own.

Cross References

Exodus 21:13

But if a person kills someone accidentally, God allowed that to happen, so the person must go to a place I will choose.

Deuteronomy 19:3

Build roads to these cities, and divide the land the Lord is giving you into three parts so that someone who kills another person may run to these cities.

Deuteronomy 3:18

At that time I gave you this command: “The Lord your God has given you this land as your own. Now your fighting men must take their weapons, and you must lead the other Israelites across the river.

Hebrews 6:18

These two things cannot change: God cannot lie when he makes a promise, and he cannot lie when he makes an oath. These things encourage us who came to God for safety. They give us strength to hold on to the hope we have been given.