Pisqa’ 185236H:206; JN2:67. 1. “If you preserve all this commandment, to perform it . . ., then you shall add for yourself another three cities to these three” (Dt.19:9). On this basis you teach: Moses designated three cities in the trans-Jordan (Nu.35:14). Upon reaching the Land they designated three more (Nu.35:14) And in the future [after the conquest of the Land], they will designate another three. Three plus three—that equals six, and another three (Dt.19:9)—equals nine.237Cf. M.Mak. 2:4. See also Pisqa’ 164.1.
R. Nehorai says: Three (Nu.35:14) [in the trans-Jordan], plus three (Nu.35:14 [in the Land—that equals six]. Another three (Dt.19:9)—that equals nine. Plus three (Dt.19:9)—equals twelve.
R. Saul says: Three (Nu.35:14) plus three (Nu.35:14), and another three (Dt.19:9)—that equals nine. Plus three (Dt.19:9)—equals twelve. “To these” (Dt.19:9)—[implies at least three more], yielding a total of fifteen cities of refuge.
(דברים יט ט) כִּי תִשְׁמֹר אֶת כָּל הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת לַעֲשֹׂתָהּ... וְיָסַפְתָּ לְךָ עוֹד שָׁלֹשׁ עָרִים עַל הַשָּׁלֹשׁ הָאֵלֶּה, מִכָּן אַתָּה אוֹמֵר: שָׁלֹשׁ עָרִים הִפְרִישׁ מֹשֶׁה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן, וּכְשֶׁבָּאוּ לָאָרֶץ הִפְרִישׁוּ עוֹד שָׁלֹשׁ וְלֶעָתִיד לָבוֹא מַפְרִישִׁים עוֹד שָׁלֹשׁ; שָׁלֹשׁ עַל שָׁלֹשׁ – הֲרֵי שֵׁשׁ, וְעוֹד שָׁלֹשׁ – הֲרֵי תֵּשַׁע.
Pisqa’ 185236H:206; JN2:67.
1. “If you preserve all this commandment, to perform it . . .,
then you shall add for yourself another three cities to these three” (Dt.19:9).
On this basis you teach:
Moses designated three cities
in the trans-Jordan (Nu.35:14).
Upon reaching the Land
they designated three more (Nu.35:14)
And in the future [after the conquest of the Land],
they will designate another three.
Three plus three—that equals six,
and another three (Dt.19:9)—equals nine.237Cf. M.Mak. 2:4. See also Pisqa’ 164.1.
רַבִּי נְהוֹרַי אוֹמֵר: שָׁלֹשׁ עַל שָׁלֹשׁ, וְעוֹד – הֲרֵי תֵּשַׁע, עַל הַשָּׁלֹשׁ – הֲרֵי שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה.
R. Nehorai says:
Three (Nu.35:14) [in the trans-Jordan],
plus three (Nu.35:14 [in the Land—that equals six].
Another three (Dt.19:9)—that equals nine.
Plus three (Dt.19:9)—equals twelve.
רַבִּי שָׁאוּל אוֹמֵר: שָׁלֹשׁ עַל שָׁלֹשׁ, וְעוֹד – הֲרֵי תֵּשַׁע, עַל הַשָּׁלֹשׁ – הֲרֵי שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה, הָאֵלֶּה – הֲרֵי חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה.
R. Saul says:
Three (Nu.35:14) plus three (Nu.35:14),
and another three (Dt.19:9)—that equals nine.
Plus three (Dt.19:9)—equals twelve.
“To these” (Dt.19:9)—[implies at least three more], yielding a total of fifteen cities of refuge.