Deuteronomy 19:3 BSB

Deuteronomy 19:3

You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which Jehovah thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.

KJV

Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thou shalt prepare thee a way - The Jews inform us that the roads to the cities of refuge were made very broad, thirty-two cubits; and even, so that there should be no impediments in the way; and were constantly kept in good repair.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
תָּכִ֣ין	ta.Khin	you will establish	H3559 →
לְךָ֮	le.Kha	for <the> yourself
הַדֶּרֶךְ֒	ha.de.reKh	the journey	H1870 →
וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙	ve.shi.lash.Ta	and you will divide into three	H8027 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
גְּב֣וּל	ge.Vul	[the] territory of	H1366 →
אַרְצְךָ֔	'ar.tze.Kha	land your	H776 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
יַנְחִֽילְךָ֖	yan.chi.le.Kha	he will give as an inheritance you	H5157 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →
וְהָיָ֕ה	ve.ha.Yah	and it will be	H1961 →
לָנ֥וּס	la.Nus	to flee	H5127 →
שָׁ֖מָּה	Sha.mah	there towards	H8033 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
רֹצֵֽחַ׃	ro.Tze.ach	killer	H7523 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 35:8
And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
leads to
- Matthew 7:13–14
  Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
- Isaiah 42:16
  I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These…
- John 14:6
  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- 1 Peter 1:14–15
  As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
- Revelation 21:27
  But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Through
Isaiah 62:10
Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
leads to
- Isaiah 40:3
  A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 57:14
And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
leads to
- Isaiah 62:10
  Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
Through
Hebrews 12:13
Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
leads to
- Proverbs 4:26–27
  Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.