Then Moses set apart three cities {on the other side of the Jordan}, {toward the east},

[He set apart] Bezer in the wilderness in the land of the plateau of the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead of the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan of the Manassites.

At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to stand {before} Yahweh, to serve him and to bless [the people] in his name until this day.

you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you to take possession of it.

Therefore I [am] commanding you, {saying}, 'You shall set apart three cities.'

All of these [were] fortified towns with high walls, gates, and bars, {apart from} very many [of] the villages of the open country.

They shall eat {equal portions}, apart from what he may receive from the sale of his patrimony.

indeed, you may set a king over you whom Yahweh your God will choose, from the midst of your countrymen you must set a king over you; you are not allowed to appoint over you a man, a foreigner, who [is] not your countryman.