Deuteronomy 19
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Deuteronomy 19:2-9

21you shall setH914 asideH914 for yourself threeH7969 citiesH5892 in the midstH8432 of your landH776 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 is givingH5414 you to 2possessH3423. 3You shall prepareH3559 the 3roadsH1870 for yourself, and divideH8027 intoH8027 threeH8027 regionsH8027 the territoryH1366 of your landH776 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 will giveH5157 you asH5157 anH5157 inheritanceH5157, 4so that anyoneH3605 who commitsH7523 manslaughterH7523 may fleeH5127 thereH8033.

4“5Now thisH2088 is the caseH1697 of the one who commitsH7523 manslaughterH7523, whoH834 may fleeH5127 thereH8033 and liveH2421: whenH834 he 6killsH5221 his friendH7453 7unintentionallyH1847H1097, 8not hatingH8130 him previouslyH8543H8032-- 5as whenH834 a person 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 12him 13in the heatH2552 ofH2552 his angerH2552H3824, and overtakeH5381 him becauseH3588 the wayH1870 isH7235 longH7235, and 14takeH5221 his lifeH5315, though he was not sentencedH4941 to deathH4194 sinceH3588 he had not hatedH8130 him previouslyH8543H8032. 7ThereforeH5921H3651 I commandH6680 you, sayingH559, ‘You shall setH914 asideH914 for yourself threeH7969 citiesH5892.’

8“And ifH518 the LordH3068 your GodH430 15enlargesH7337 your territoryH1366, justH3512 asH3512 He has swornH7650 to your fathersH1, and givesH5414 you allH3605 the landH776 that He 16promisedH1696 to giveH5414 your fathersH1-- 9ifH3588 you 17carefullyH8104 followH6213 allH3605 of thisH2088 commandmentH4687 whichH834 I am commandingH6680 you todayH3117, 18to loveH157 the LordH3068 your GodH430, and to walkH1980 in His waysH1870 alwaysH3605H3117--19then 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 everyone who committed manslaughter to flee there ↩
  5. 5. Deuteronomy 19:4 Num 35:9-34 ↩
  6. 6. Deuteronomy 19:4 Lit strikes ↩
  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 put to the ↩
  10. 10. Deuteronomy 19:5 Lit wood ↩
  11. 11. Deuteronomy 19:5 Lit finds ↩
  12. 12. Deuteronomy 19:6 Lit the one who committed manslaughter ↩
  13. 13. Deuteronomy 19:6 Lit while his heart is hot ↩
  14. 14. Deuteronomy 19:6 Lit strike him in the soul ↩
  15. 15. Deuteronomy 19:8 Gen 15:18 ↩
  16. 16. Deuteronomy 19:8 Lit spoke ↩
  17. 17. Deuteronomy 19:9 Lit keep all...to do it ↩
  18. 18. Deuteronomy 19:9 Deut 6:5 ↩
  19. 19. Deuteronomy 19:9 Josh 20:7 ↩

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