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Deuteronomy 19:6-8
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6 Otherwise the blood avenger will chase after the killer in the heat of his anger, eventually overtake him,[a] and kill him,[b] though this is not a capital case[c] since he did not hate him at the time of the accident. 7 Therefore, I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities. 8 If the Lord your God enlarges your borders as he promised your ancestors[d] and gives you all the land he pledged to them,[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:6 tn Heb “and overtake him, for the road is long.”
  2. Deuteronomy 19:6 tn Heb “smite with respect to life,” that is, fatally.
  3. Deuteronomy 19:6 tn Heb “no judgment of death.”
  4. Deuteronomy 19:8 tn Heb “fathers.”
  5. Deuteronomy 19:8 tn Heb “he said to give to your ancestors.” The pronoun has been used in the translation instead for stylistic reasons.
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