When you have come over Jordan ... — Or, You are going over the Jordan into the land of Canaan; and you shall appoint ...…

Speak unto the children of Israel. God appointed the cities of refuge not only to make a distinction between sins of malice and error, but…

Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them
Now, directly:

when you come over Jordan into th…

To show plainly the abhorrence of murder, and to provide more effectively for the punishment of the murderer, the nearest relation of the deceased,…