Deuteronomy 19:13

thine eye shall not look with pity upon him,—so shall thou consume the shedding of innocent blood out of Israel and it shall go well with thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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;

14Thou shalt not move back the boundary of thy neighbour, by which they set bounds at first,—in thine inheritance which thou shall receive in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess.

Read all of Deuteronomy 19

Cross References

Genesis 9:6He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed,—For, in the image of God, made he man.

Leviticus 24:21And he that killeth a beast, shall make it good,-and he that killeth a human being, shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:33So shall ye not pollute the land wherein ye are, for blood, doth pollute the land, and for the land, no propitiatory-covering can be made, as touching blood, that is shed therein, save with the blood of him that shed it;

Deuteronomy 7:16and thou shalt devour all the peoples whom, Yahweh thy God, is delivering up unto thee, thine eye shall not look with pity upon them, neither shalt thou serve their gods, for a snare, would it be unto thee.

Deuteronomy 21:9Thou, therefore shalt consume the guilt of shedding innocent blood out of thy midst,—when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

2 Samuel 21:1And there came to be a famine, in the days of David, for three years, year after year, so then David sought the face of Yahweh,—and Yahweh said—It respecteth Saul and his house, as to bloodshed, in that he put to death the Gibeonites.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Deuteronomy 19:13