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


In Context

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;

5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour 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 neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

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

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

8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, 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 these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:

Deuteronomy 19:7 in Other Translations

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.