Deuteronomy 19:11

Deuteronomy 19:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
• New International Version (NIV)But if out of hate someone lies in wait, assaults and kills a neighbor, and then flees to one of these cities,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“But if anyone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises against him and strikes him mortally, so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities,

Context of Deuteronomy 19:11

9if you carefully follow all of this commandment which I am commanding you today, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in His ways always--then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three. 10So innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and guilt for bloodshed will not be on you. “But if there is a person who hates his neighbor, and waits in ambush for him and rises up against him and strikes him so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities, 12then the elders of his city shall send men and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die. 13You shall not pity him, but you shall eliminate the guilt for the bloodshed of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well for you.

Deuteronomy 19:11 word by word

וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה אִישׁ֙ שֹׂנֵ֣א לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ וְאָ֤רַב לוֹ֙ וְקָ֣ם עָלָ֔יו וְהִכָּ֥הוּ נֶ֖פֶשׁ וָמֵ֑ת וְנָ֕ס אֶל־אַחַ֖ת הֶעָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• ifכִּיkîy · forH3588
• there is a personאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• who hatesשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
• his neighborרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• and waitsאָרַב'ârab · to ambushH693
• for him and risesקוּםqûm · to arise: attackH6965
• upקוּםqûm · to arise: attackH6965
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• him and strikesנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• him so that he diesמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• and he fleesנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• to oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• of theseאֵל'êl · theseH411
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 19:11

• Deuteronomy 27:24‘Cursed is he who attacks his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
• Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds human blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made mankind.
• Exodus 21:12“He who strikes someone so that he dies shall certainly be put to death.
• Numbers 35:16‘But if he struck him with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.
• Proverbs 28:17A person who is burdened with the guilt of human blood Will be a fugitive until death; no one is to support him!

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11If any man hate his neighbor - See on Exodus 21:13; (note).Read the comment
• 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. 11The Hebrew word translated as a man hates indicates a long-lasting hateful attitude. This attitude could be used as evidence that the person was likely to commit a crime and probably did it.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 19:11

• Avenger of Blood
• Homicide
• Refuge

In the dictionaries

• Add
• Avenger of blood
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• Assassination
• Atonement, Day of
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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