Deuteronomy 19:4

And, this, is the case of the manslayer, who shall flee thither and live,—Whoso shall smite his neighbour unwittingly, he, not having hated him aforetime;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

In Context

3Thou shalt prepare for thee a way, and shalt divide into three parts the boundary of thy land which Yahweh thy God shall cause thee to inherit,—and it shall be that every manslayer shall flee thither.

5as when one entereth with his neighbour into a forest, to fell trees, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe, to cut down the tree, and the head flieth off from the handle, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die, he, shall flee into one of these cities, and live;

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Cross References

Genesis 31:2And Jacob looked upon the face of Laban,—and lo! it was not with him as afore-time.

Deuteronomy 4:42that the manslayer might flee thither who should slay his neighbour unawares, he, not having hated him, aforetime,—and might flee unto one of these cities, and live:

Joshua 3:4Yet shall there be, a distance, between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure,—do not come near unto it that ye may get to know the way by which ye must go, for ye have not passed this way, heretofore.

Isaiah 30:33For there hath been set in order, beforehand a Topheth, Yea, the same, for the king, hath been prepared He hath made it deep—made it large,—The circumference thereof is for fire and wood in abundance, the breath of Yahweh, like a torrent of brimstone, is ready to kindle it.

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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