Pisqa’ 1851
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“If you preserve all this commandment, to perform it . . . ,
then you shall add for yourself another three cities to these three” (Dt.19:9).
On this basis you teach:
Moses designated three cities
in the trans-Jordan (Nu.35:14).
Upon reaching the Land
they designated three more (Nu.35:14)
And in the future [after the conquest of the Land],
they will designate another three.
Three plus three—that equals six,
and another three (Dt.19:9)—equals nine.2
R. Nehorai says:
Three (Nu.35:14) [in the trans-Jordan],
plus three (Nu.35:14 [in the Land—that equals six].
Another three (Dt.19:9)—that equals nine.
Plus three (Dt.19:9)—equals twelve.
R. Saul says:
Three (Nu.35:14) plus three (Nu.35:14),
and another three (Dt.19:9)—that equals nine.
Plus three (Dt.19:9)—equals twelve.
“To these” (Dt.19:9)—[implies at least three more],
yielding a total of fifteen cities of refuge.