Shoftim 19:09 · EXTRA 4
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כִּֽי־תִשְׁמֹר֩ אֶת־כׇּל־הַמִּצְוָ֨ה הַזֹּ֜את לַעֲשֹׂתָ֗הּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֣י מְצַוְּךָ֮ הַיּוֹם֒ לְאַהֲבָ֞ה אֶת־יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ וְלָלֶ֣כֶת בִּדְרָכָ֔יו כׇּל־הַיָּמִ֑ים וְיָסַפְתָּ֨ לְךָ֥ עוֹד֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים עַ֖ל הַשָּׁלֹ֥שׁ הָאֵֽלֶּה׃
When you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you today, to love the Eternal your God and to walk in His ways all the days, then you shall add for yourself another three cities to these three.
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Source Citation
Chazal / classical source (beyond TT-numbered main-ring units): Makkot 10a .
Lemma: עַל הַשָּׁלֹשׁ הָאֵלֶּה .
Sefaria — Makkot 10a
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
עַל הַשָּׁלֹשׁ הָאֵלֶּה – שֶׁיִּהְיוּ שֵׁשׁ.
English: ‘To these three’ – so that there will be six.
On the daf / in context: The final total of cities of refuge in the Land is six (plus the three across the Jordan in some counts).
Type of Learning Derash on the final number (Bavli) — the verse brings the total in the western Land to six.
What Is Learned When the additional three are designated, the system of cities of refuge reaches its complete number in the Land.
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