Deuteronomy 19
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Deuteronomy 19:2-9

21you shall setH914 asideH914 threeH7969 citiesH5892 for yourself in the midstH8432 of your landH776, whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 givesH5414 you to 2possessH3423. 3You shall prepareH3559 the 3roadsH1870 for yourself, and divideH8027 into threeH8027 partsH8027 the territoryH1366 of your landH776 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 will giveH5157 you as a possessionH5157, 4so that anyH3605 manslayerH7523 may fleeH5127 thereH8033.

4“5Now thisH2088 is the caseH1697 of the manslayerH7523 whoH834 may fleeH5127 thereH8033 and liveH2421: whenH834 he 6killsH5221 his friendH7453 7unintentionallyH1847H1097, 8not hatingH8130 him previouslyH8543H8032-- 5as whenH834 a man goesH935 into the forestH3293 with his friendH7453 to cutH2404 woodH6086, and his handH3027 9swingsH5080 the axeH1631 to cutH3772 downH3772 the treeH6086, and the ironH1270 head slipsH5394 offH5394 the 10handleH6086 and 11strikesH4672 his friendH7453 so that he diesH4191--he may fleeH5127 to oneH259 of theseH428 citiesH5892 and liveH2421; 6otherwiseH6435 the avengerH1350 of bloodH1818 might pursueH7291 the manslayerH7523 12in the heatH2552 of his angerH3824, and overtakeH5381 him, becauseH3588 the wayH1870 is longH7235, and 13takeH5221 his lifeH5315, though he was not deservingH4941 of deathH4194, sinceH3588 he had not hatedH8130 him previouslyH8543H8032. 7ThereforeH5921H3651, I commandH6680 you, sayingH559, ‘You shall setH914 asideH914 threeH7969 citiesH5892 for yourself.’

8“IfH518 the LordH3068 your GodH430 14enlargesH7337 your territoryH1366, justH3152 as He has swornH7650 to your fathersH1, and givesH5414 you allH3605 the landH776 whichH834 He 15promisedH1696 to giveH5414 your fathersH1-- 9ifH3588 you 16carefullyH6213 observeH8104 allH3605 thisH2088 commandmentH4687 whichH834 I commandH6680 you todayH3117, 17to loveH157 the LordH3068 your GodH430, and to walkH1980 in His waysH1870 alwaysH3605H3117--18then you shall addH3254 threeH7969 moreH5750 citiesH5892 for yourself, besidesH5921 theseH428 threeH7969.

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Notes

  1. 1. Deuteronomy 19:2 Deut 4:41; Josh 20:2 ↩
  2. 2. Deuteronomy 19:2 Lit possess it ↩
  3. 3. Deuteronomy 19:3 Lit road ↩
  4. 4. Deuteronomy 19:3 Lit and it shall be for every manslayer to flee there ↩
  5. 5. Deuteronomy 19:4 Num 35:9-34 ↩
  6. 6. Deuteronomy 19:4 Lit smites ↩
  7. 7. Deuteronomy 19:4 Lit without knowledge ↩
  8. 8. Deuteronomy 19:4 Lit and he was not hating him previously ↩
  9. 9. Deuteronomy 19:5 Lit is thrust with ↩
  10. 10. Deuteronomy 19:5 Lit wood ↩
  11. 11. Deuteronomy 19:5 Lit finds ↩
  12. 12. Deuteronomy 19:6 Lit while his heart is hot ↩
  13. 13. Deuteronomy 19:6 Lit smite him in the soul ↩
  14. 14. Deuteronomy 19:8 Gen 15:18 ↩
  15. 15. Deuteronomy 19:8 Lit spoke ↩
  16. 16. Deuteronomy 19:9 Lit keep...to do it ↩
  17. 17. Deuteronomy 19:9 Deut 6:5 ↩
  18. 18. Deuteronomy 19:9 Josh 20:7 ↩

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19

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