7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
7 This is why I command you to set aside for yourselves three cities.
7 Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three cities.
7 Therefore I command you: Set aside the three cities for yourselves.
7 Therefore I command you, saying, 'You shall separate three cities for yourself.'
7 That is why I am commanding you to set aside three cities of refuge.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 19:7
Commentary on Deuteronomy 19:1-13
(Read Deuteronomy 19:1-13)
Here is the law settled between the blood of the murdered, and the blood of the murderer; provision is made, that the cities of refuge should be a protection, so that a man should not die for that as a crime, which was not his willing act. In Christ, the Lord our Righteousness, refuge is provided for those who by faith flee unto him. But there is no refuge in Jesus Christ for presumptuous sinners, who go on still in their trespasses. Those who flee to Christ from their sins, shall be safe in him, but not those who expect to be sheltered by him in their sins.