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Deuteronomy 19:13
13Your eye should not pity him, but you must purge the innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
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
11“But suppose someone hates his neighbor, waits in hiding for him, rises up against him, strikes him dead, then flees to one of these cities. 12Then the elders of his hometown should send and take him from there and hand him over to the avenger of blood, to die. Your eye should not pity him, but you must purge the innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you. 14“You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker that the first generations marked out, in the inheritance you will receive in the land Adonai your God is giving you to possess. 15A single witness shall not rise up against a person for any offense or sin that he commits. By the word of two or three witnesses is a case to be established.
Read all of Deuteronomy 19Deuteronomy 19:13 word by word
לֹא־תָח֥וֹס עֵֽינְךָ֖ עָלָ֑יו וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֧ דַֽם־הַנָּקִ֛י מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְט֥וֹב לָֽךְ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 19:13
- Deuteronomy 7:16“You will devour all the peoples Adonai your God gives over to you. Your eye is not to pity them. You are not to serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.
- Deuteronomy 13:8from among the gods of the peoples around you, near you or far off from you, from one end of the earth to the other.
- Deuteronomy 25:12Then you are to cut off her hand—your eye will show no pity.
- Ezekiel 16:5No eye pitied you enough to do any of these things to you out of compassion. Instead you were cast out in the open field, for you were detested on the day you were born.
- Deuteronomy 21:9So you will purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in Adonai’s sight.
- Genesis 9:6The one who sheds human blood, by a human will his blood be shed, for in God’s image He made humanity.
- Leviticus 24:17“Whoever mortally strikes down any man must surely be put to death.
- Numbers 35:33You are not to pollute the land in which you are. Blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for land polluted by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who sheds it.
- 2 Samuel 21:1Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year, so David sought the face of Adonai. Adonai replied, “It is because of Saul and his bloody house, for he put the Gibeonites to death.”
- 1 Kings 2:31Then the king commanded him: “Do as he has said—strike him down. Then bury him. So you will remove the blood that Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.
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
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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
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