Deuteronomy - 19:7

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7 Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourselves.

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 19:7.

Differing Translations

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Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another.
therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Three cities thou dost separate to thee.
Why I command you, saying, You shall separate three cities for you.
And so I am ordering you to see that three towns are marked out for this purpose.
For this reason, I instruct you to separate three cities at equal distance from one another.
Idcirco ego praecipio tibi, dicendo: Tres civitates separabis tibi.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Wherefore I command thee, saying, thou shalt separate three cities for thee. This was to be done immediately, as soon as they were settled in the land of Canaan, and established in the possession of it, the inhabitants being cut off, or driven out, or however subdued.

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