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# if you keep all these commandments to do them
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"if you obey all these commandments"
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# to always walk in his ways
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How God wants a person to live or behave is spoken of as if it were Yahweh's way or road. A person who obeys Yahweh is spoken of as if he were walking on Yahweh's way or road. Alternate translation: "to always obey him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# then you must add three more cities for yourself
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The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "then you must choose three more cities for a person to escape to if he accidentally kills someone" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# besides these three
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"in addition to the three cities you already established" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])
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