7Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee.


In Context

4 And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past;

5 as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:

6 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee.

8 And if Jehovah thy God enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

9 if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three:

Deuteronomy 19:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:7Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:7This is why I command you to set aside for yourselves three cities.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:7Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:7Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thyself.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:7Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:7Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:7Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourselves.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:7therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Three cities thou dost separate to thee.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:7Why I command you, saying, You shall separate three cities for you.