you must set apart for yourselves three cities in the middle of your land that the Lord your God is giving you as a possession.

They will besiege all of your villages until all of your high and fortified walls collapse – those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.

You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent of your land that the Lord your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.

You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.