Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 19:9
If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
9. A parenthesis, being the condition of the promise in Deu 19:8.
if thou shalt keep all this commandment, etc.] LXX B, etc., hear all these commandments. Cullen, p. 141, takes this passage as an actual quotation from Deu 11:22. On the formula, keep to do, see Deu 4:6, Deu 5:1.
to love in his ways) These phrases (cp. Deu 6:5, Deu 10:12) some LXX Codd. and Luc. omit.
then shalt thou add three cities more ] is the apodosis to 8 a; all between consists of such formulas as later scribes were fond of inserting, and the evidence of the versions goes to show that they are not original.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 9. Shalt thou add three cities more] This was afterwards found necessary, and accordingly six cities were appointed, three on either side Jordan. See Jos 21:1-3, c. In imitation of these cities of refuge the heathens had their asyla, and the Catholics their privileged altars. See Clarke on Ex 21:13 “Ex 21:14“; and “Nu 35:11“, &c.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day,…. A phrase often met with before, and signifies the putting in practice the several laws, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, which Moses was now making a repetition of, and enjoining the observance of them by a divine authority:
to love the Lord thy God; which is the source and spring of genuine obedience to the commands of God:
and to walk ever in his ways; noting constancy and perseverance in them; now all this is mentioned as the condition of the enlargement of their coast, which would be the case if a due and constant regard was had to the laws of God:
and then shall thou add three cities more besides these three; three more in the land of Canaan, besides the three now ordered to be separated in it, and besides the three on the other side of Jordan; so that there would have been nine in all, if these had been ever added; but that time never came: the Jews expect the addition of these three cities in the days of the Messiah y but the Messiah is already come, and all those cities, as they were typical of him, have had their accomplishment in him the antitype of them, of which
[See comments on Nu 35:29].
y Maimon. Hilchot Rotzeach, c. 8. sect. 4.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
this day. See note on Deu 4:26.
add. Done by Joshua, Ch. Deu 20:7, Deu 20:8.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
If thou shalt: Deu 11:22-25, Deu 12:32
then shalt thou: Jos 20:7, Jos 20:8
Reciprocal: Exo 21:13 – I will appoint