These verses are inserted between two distinct and complete discourses for the reason to which they themselves call attention (Then Moses sever…

THE APPOINTMENT OF THREE CITIES OF REFUGE.

God had destined, as we have previously seen,²²¹ six cities for refuge, in case anyone had killed a man, provided he could prove his inn…

Then Moses severed three cities
To be cities of refuge, according to the command of God, (Numbers 35:14)…

Here is the introduction to another discourse, or sermon, Moses preached to Israel, which we have in the following chapters. He sets the law before…