עַל־כֵּ֛ן אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ לֵאמֹ֑ר שָׁלֹ֥שׁ עָרִ֖ים תַּבְדִּ֥יל לָֽךְ׃ (ס)
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Sifrei Devarim
"not having hated him": If he had hated him, he is not exiled.
Sifrei Devarim
"mitmol shilshom": As R. Yehudah says: "tmol": two days; "shilshom": three days (see #181).
Yalkut Shimoni
"And for the resident alien and for the settler." Or just as Israel is exiled through the actions of an Israelite, so too Israel is exiled through the actions of a resident alien. You may say, if when an Israelite killed him, he is exempt, a fortiori, he should not be exiled, but rather, if he killed an Israelite, he is put to death. These six cities shall be for refuge. Why is it stated? Because it says, "You shall give three cities on the other side of the Jordan" (Deuteronomy 19:7). I might have thought that I should first designate the first city as a city of refuge; therefore, the verse states, "These six cities shall be." This teaches that not one of them shall be designated until all six are designated.