Deuteronomy 19:2

WEB

you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which the Lord your God gives you to possess it.

KJV

Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

Commentary

Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land,.... From the cities they took possession of and dwelt in; and indeed f rom the cities of the Levites, which were given to them to inhabit; three were before ordered to be separated from those inhabited by the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, Deu 4:41 but these were to be in the midst of the land of Canaan; see Jos 20:7 , which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it: which as it is often mentioned when this land is spoken of, so it carries in it a reason here why this order of the Lord's should be readily complied with, the whole land and all the cities of it being the gift of his to them.