You shall measure the distances[a] and divide into three parts the area of the land that the Lord your God gives you as a possession, so that any manslayer can flee to them.

“This is the provision for (A)the manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If anyone kills his neighbor unintentionally without having hated him in the past—

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:3 Hebrew road

Determine the distances involved and divide into three parts the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that a person who kills someone may flee for refuge to one of these cities.

This is the rule concerning anyone who kills a person and flees there for safety—anyone who kills a neighbor unintentionally, without malice aforethought.

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