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These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that soiourneth among them, that whosoeuer killeth any person at vnawares might flee thither, & not die by the hand of the auenger of blood, vntill he stood before the Congregation.

And the children of Israel gaue vnto the Leuites out of their inheritance at the commandement of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

And the children of Israel gaue by lot vnto the Leuites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

¶ And they gaue out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,

1611 marginal noteHebr. called.

These cities were euery one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.

Yee haue not left your brethren these many dayes vnto this day, but haue kept the charge of the commandement of the LORD your God.

And yee haue seene all that the LORD your God hath done vnto all these nations, because of you; for the LORD your God is hee that hath fought for you.

1611 marginal noteExod. 14.4.

Behold, I haue diuided vnto you by lot these nations that remaine, to bee an inheritance for your tribes, from Iordan, with all the nations that I haue cut off, euen vnto the great Sea Westward.

1611 marginal noteHebr. at the Sunne set.

That yee come not among these nations, these that remaine amongst you, neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to sweare by them, neither serue them, nor bow your selues vnto them.

1611 marginal notePsal. 16.4.

Else, if ye do in any wise go backe, and cleaue vnto the remnant of these nations, euen these that remaine among you, and shall make marriages with them, and goe in vnto them, and they to you: