Deuteronomy 19:9 BSB

Deuteronomy 19:9

and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.

BSB

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ASV

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:

KJV

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:

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Shalt thou add three cities more - This was afterwards found necessary, and accordingly six cities were appointed, three on either side Jordan. See Jos 21:1-3, etc. In imitation of these cities of refuge the heathens had their asyla, and the Catholics their privileged altars. See Exo 21:13 (note), Exo 21:14 (note), and Num 35:11 (note), etc.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	if	H3588 →
תִשְׁמֹר֩	tish.Mor	you will keep	H8104 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַמִּצְוָ֨ה	ha.mitz.Vah	the commandment	H4687 →
הַזֹּ֜את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
לַעֲשֹׂתָ֗הּ	la.'a.so.Tah	to do it	H6213 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
אָנֹכִ֣י	'a.no.Khi	I	H595 →
מְצַוְּךָ֮	me.tza.ve.Kha	[am] commanding you	H6680 →
הַיּוֹם֒	hai.yOm	this day	H3117 →
לְאַהֲבָ֞ה	le.'a.ha.Vah	to love	H157 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֧ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →
וְלָלֶ֥כֶת	ve.la.Le.khet	and to walk	H1980 →
בִּדְרָכָ֖יו	bid.ra.Khav	in ways his	H1870 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַיָּמִ֑ים	hai.ya.Mim	the days	H3117 →
וְיָסַפְתָּ֨	ve.ya.saf.Ta	and you will add	H3254 →
לְךָ֥	le.Kha	for <the> yourself
עוֹד֙	'Od	again	H5750 →
שָׁלֹ֣שׁ	sha.Losh	three	H7969 →
עָרִ֔ים	'a.Rim	cities	H5892 →
עַ֖ל	'al	to	H5921 →
הַשָּׁלֹ֥שׁ	ha.sha.Losh	the three [cities]	H7969 →
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →

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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
Deuteronomy 12:32
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:2
  You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
- Revelation 22:18–19
  I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
- Joshua 1:7
  Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that…
- Proverbs 30:6
  Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
- Deuteronomy 13:18
  because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.