6. Otherwise, the avenger of blood in the heat of his anger might pursue the one who committed manslaughter, overtake him because the distance is great, and strike him dead. Yet he did not deserve to die, since he did not previously hate his neighbor.
7. This is why I am commanding you to set apart three cities for yourselves.
8. If the Lord your God enlarges your territory as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised to give them —
9. provided you keep every one of these commands I am giving you today and follow them, loving the Lord your God and walking in His ways at all times — you are to add three more cities to these three.