Deu 19:9 | NET2full | STEP | and then you are careful to observe all these commandments I am giving you today (namely, to love the Lord your God and to always walk in his ways ), then you must add three more cities to these three .

‏ Deuteronomy 19:9

9 and then you are careful to observe all these commandments ^{▼▼tn Heb “all this commandment.” This refers here to the entire covenant agreement of the Book of Deuteronomy as encapsulated in the Shema (Deut 6:4-5).} I am giving ^{▼▼tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today.”} you today (namely, to love the Lord your God and to always walk in his ways), then you must add three more cities ^{▼▼sn You will add three more cities. Since these are alluded to nowhere else and thus were probably never added, this must be a provision for other cities of refuge should they be needed (cf. v. 8). See P. C. Craigie, Deuteronomy (NICOT), 267.} to these three.