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lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer when his heart is [a]angry, and overtake him, because the way is long, and [b]strike down his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously. Therefore, I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall set apart three cities for yourself.’

“Now if Yahweh your God (A)enlarges your territory, just as He has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He [c]promised to give to your fathers—

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:6 Or hot
  2. Deuteronomy 19:6 Lit strike him in the soul
  3. Deuteronomy 19:8 Lit spoke