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


In Context

4 And this is the case of the slayer, who shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoever killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand maketh a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and falleth upon his neighbor, that he dieth: he shall flee to one of these cities, and live:

6 Lest the avenger of blood shall 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 shall enlarge thy limits, as he hath sworn to thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give to 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, 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 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 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.