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Deuteronomy 19:2

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Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

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  1. 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;

  2. 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.

  3. Deuteronomy 19:4

    And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.