Deuteronomy 19:13

Deuteronomy 19:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
• New International Version (NIV)Show no pity. You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, so that it may go well with you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may be well with you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

Context of Deuteronomy 19:13

11But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in ambush for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally, and flees to one of these cities, 12the elders of his city are to send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood and he will die. Do not look on him with pity but purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and you will prosper. 14“Do not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, established at the start in the inheritance you will receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 15“One witness cannot establish any iniquity or sin against a person, whatever that person has done. A fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Deuteronomy 19:13 word by word

לֹא־תָח֥וֹס עֵֽינְךָ֖ עָלָ֑יו וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֧ דַֽם־הַנָּקִ֛י מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְט֥וֹב לָֽךְ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thine eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• shall not pityחוּסchûs · to pityH2347
• him, but thou shalt put awayבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: purgeH1197
• innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• from Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• that it may go wellטוֹבţôb · be pleasingH2895

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 19:13

• Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God is delivering over to you and not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
• Deuteronomy 13:8do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
• Deuteronomy 25:12you are to cut off her hand. Do not show pity.
• Ezekiel 16:5No one cared enough about you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. But you were thrown out into the open field because you were despised on the day you were born.
• Deuteronomy 21:9You must purge from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, for you will be doing what is right in the Lord’s sight.
• Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, for God made humans in his image.
• Leviticus 24:17“If a man kills anyone, he must be put to death.
• Numbers 35:33“Do not defile the land where you live, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
• 2 Samuel 21:1During David’s reign there was a famine for three successive years, so David inquired of the Lord. The Lord answered, “It is due to Saul and to his bloody family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
• 1 Kings 2:31The king said to him, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him in order to remove from me and from my father’s family the blood that Joab shed without just cause.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-13Verses 1-13 This and the next two chapters contain enactments designed to protect human life, and to impress its sanctity on Israel. In Deuteronomy 19:1-13 the directions respecting the preparation of the roads to the cities of refuge, the provision of additional cities in case of an extension of territory, and the intervention of the elders as representing the congregation, are unique to Deuteronomy and supplementary to the laws on the same subject given…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13You are to purge (literally burn): In this context, the land could only be made free from guilt in cases of murder if blood vengeance was carried out. This act would remove the impurity. See also 13:5; 17:12.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-132. Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land--Goelism, or the duty of the nearest kinsmen to avenge the death of a slaughtered relative, being the customary law of that age (as it still is among the Arabs and other people of the East), Moses incorporated it in an improved form with his legislative code. For the protection of the unintentional homicide, he provided certain cities of refuge--three had been destined for this purpose…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 19:13

• Avenger of Blood
• Homicide
• Pity
• Refuge

In the dictionaries

• Israel
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings