Deuteronomy 19:11

But, when any man shall be hating his neighbour, and shall lie in wait for him and rise up against him, and smite him so as to take away his life that he dieth,—and shall then flee into one of these cities,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

10that innocent blood may not be shed in the midst of thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee as an inheritance,—and so shed-blood be upon thee.

12then shall the elders of his city send and fetch him from thence,—and deliver him into the hand of the blood redeemer that he die;

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Cross References

Genesis 9:5And surely your blood, of your lives, will I require, From the hand of every living creature, will I require it,—and from the hand of man From the hand of each one’s brother, will I require the life of man:

Exodus 21:12He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:16If, then, with an instrument of iron, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is,—a manslayer, shall surely die.

Deuteronomy 27:24Cursed, be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say—Amen.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 19:2-14

The Cities of Refuge. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; 2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. 4 And this is the case of… Read the whole commentary →

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