City was to keep jealous watch over city, as man over man. The clause “which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell in” significantly reminds them that the real ownership of their dwellings rested in the Lord (compare Leviticus 25:23), and that they, the mere tenants, must not allow His property to become a center of rebellion against His just authority.
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Deuteronomy 13:12
12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,