Verse Lens · Context pointer
Deuteronomy 19:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
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Role in This Section
Deuteronomy 19:2 commands three central refuge cities within the land.
Read It With
- Deuteronomy 19:1–13
Read Deuteronomy 19:2 with 19:1–13. It commands three central refuge cities within the land. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: Three and potentially six accessible cities protect an unintentional killer without prior hatred; a deliberate ambusher is removed from refuge and handed over for capital judgment.
Why It Needs Context
Deuteronomy 19:2 commands three central refuge cities within the land. Its responsible force depends on 19:1–13; isolated from “Refuge Distinguishes Accident from Murder,” the verse's actor, action, reason, object, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Deuteronomy 19:1–13 — Refuge Distinguishes Accident from MurderSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Deuteronomy 19:1–13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Deuteronomy
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech and legal clauses, poetic lines, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Deut.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 19:1–13
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