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Moses is still speaking to the people of Israel.
enlarges your borders
AT: "gives you more land to possess"
as he has sworn to your ancestors to do
"like he promised your ancestors that he would do"
if you keep all these commandments to do them
"if you keep all of these commandments by obeying them"
walk in his ways
See how you translated this in Deuteronomy 8:4.
then you must add three more cities for yourself
AT: "then you must choose 3 more cities for a person to escape to if he accidentally kills someone"
besides these three
AT: "in addition to the 3 cities you already set up"
Do this so that innocent blood is not shed
AT: "Do this so that family members do not get revenge by killing an innocent person" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
in the midst of the land
"in the land" or "in the territory"
so that no bloodguilt may be on you
It is implied that if a family member gets revenge by killing an innocent person, the whole nation will be guilty for letting that happen.