“When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;”
When the LORD your God has eliminated the nations whose land the LORD your God is giving you, and you have displaced them and settled in their towns and houses — the conditional (when) frames the subsequent laws as applying after secure settlement; the acquisition of the land is presented as a prerequisite for the city-of-refuge system's effectiveness.
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