Deuteronomy 19:2
Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Deuteronomy 19:2 in other translations
| BSB | then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess. |
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| WEB | you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the middle of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess. |
| ASV | thou shalt set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it. |
| YLT | three cities thou dost separate for thee in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it. |
| DARBY | thou shalt separate three cities for thyself in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess. |
| BBE | You are to have three towns marked out in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage. |
| Webster | Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. |
What does Deuteronomy 19:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
De 19:1-13. Of the Cities of Refuge.
2. Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land--Goelism, or the duty of the nearest kinsmen to avenge the death of a slaughtered relative, being the customary law of that age (as it still is among the Arabs and other people of the East), Moses incorporated it in an improved form with his legislative code. For the protection of the unintentional homicide, he provided certain cities of refuge--three had been destined for this purpose on the east of Jordan (De 4:41; Nu 35:11); three were to be invested with the same privilege on the west of that river when Canaan should be conquered. in the midst of thy land--in such a position that they would be conspicuous and accessible, and equidistant from the extremities of the land and from each other.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 19:1-13
Chapter Outline The cities of refuge, The man-slayer, The murderer. (1-13) Landmarks not to be removed. (14) The punishment of false witnesses. (15-21) Verses 1-13 Here is the law settled between the blood of the murdered, and the blood of the murderer; provision is made, that the cities of refuge should be a protection, so that a man should not die for that as a crime, which was not his willing act. In Christ, the…
Deuteronomy 19:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 19:2
- 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.
- Hebrews 6:18
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- Deuteronomy 4:41-43
Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
- Joshua 20:2-7
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. …
- Numbers 35:10-15
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. …
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4:41-43; Ex 21:13; Nu 35:10-15; Jos 20:2-7; Heb 6:18
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Context
- Deuteronomy 19:1
When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
- Deuteronomy 19:2
Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 19:3
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.
Deuteronomy 19:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Te apartarás tres ciudades en medio de tu tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da para que la poseas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | tu sépareras pour toi trois villes au milieu de ton pays que l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne pour le posséder: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so sollst du dir drei Städte aussondern inmitten deines Landes, das Jehova, dein Gott, dir gibt, es zu besitzen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | tres civitates separabis tibi in medio terræ, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi in possessionem, |