John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 8. And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast , etc.] Extend it further than it was upon their first settlement, even carry it as far as the river Euphrates, as in the times of Solomon, ( 1 Kings 4:21,24). Jarchi interprets it of such an enlargement as to give them the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites and Kadmonites: (as he hath sworn unto thy fathers), and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy, fathers : Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; (see Genesis 15:19 26:3,4 28:13,14).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-13 - Here is the law settled between the blood of the murdered, and the blood of the murderer; provision is made, that the cities of refug should be a protection, so that a man should not die for that as crime, which was not his willing act. In Christ, the Lord ou Righteousness, refuge is provided for those who by faith flee unto him But there is no refuge in Jesus Christ for presumptuous sinners, who go on still in their trespasses. Those who flee to Christ from their sins shall be safe in him, but not those who expect to be sheltered by his in their sins.
Original Hebrew ואם518 ירחיב7337 יהוה3068 אלהיך430 את853 גבלך1366 כאשׁר834 נשׁבע7650 לאבתיך1 ונתן5414 לך את853 כל3605 הארץ776 אשׁר834 דבר1696 לתת5414 לאבתיך׃1
