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Deuteronomy 19:1 (show verse)
When LORD thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land LORD thy God gives thee, and thou succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,
Deuteronomy 19:2 (show verse)
thou shall set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which LORD thy God gives thee to possess it.
Deuteronomy 19:3 (show verse)
Thou shall prepare for thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which LORD thy God causes thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee there.
Deuteronomy 19:4 (show verse)
And this is the case of the manslayer, who shall flee there and live: Whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and did not hate him in time past,
Deuteronomy 19:5 (show verse)
as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the helve, and lands upon his neighbor, so that he dies, he shall flee to on
Deuteronomy 19:6 (show verse)
Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally, whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he did not hate him in time past.
Deuteronomy 19:7 (show verse)
Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shall set apart three cities for thee.
Deuteronomy 19:8 (show verse)
And if LORD thy God enlarge thy border, as he has sworn to thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give to thy fathers,
Deuteronomy 19:9 (show verse)
if thou shall keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways, then shall thou add three more cities for thee, besides these three,
Deuteronomy 19:10 (show verse)
that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of thy land, which LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
Deuteronomy 19:11 (show verse)
But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and smites him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities,
Avenger of blood » Scriptures relating to
Homicide » Punishment of
Murder » Punishment of wilful
Murder » To be proved by two witnesses at least
Murder » Described as killing » By lying in wait
Murder » Persons guilty of » Not protected in refuge cities
Refuge » Cities of » From the avenger of blood
Homicide » Punishment of
Murder » Punishment of wilful
Murder » To be proved by two witnesses at least
Murder » Described as killing » By lying in wait
Murder » Persons guilty of » Not protected in refuge cities
Refuge » Cities of » From the avenger of blood
Deuteronomy 19:12 (show verse)
then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
Deuteronomy 19:13 (show verse)
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shall put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
Deuteronomy 19:14 (show verse)
Thou shall not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shall inherit, in the land that LORD thy God gives thee to possess it.
Deuteronomy 19:15 (show verse)
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
Courts » Advocates » Witnesses, two or more needed to convict
Courts of justice » The accused » The evidence of two or more witnesses required in
Evidence » Laws concerning
Murder » To be proved by two witnesses at least
Punishment » Death penalty » Not done » Less than » Two witnesses
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
Witness » The necessity of more than one witness for anything to be established
Witness » Two necessary to establish a fact
Witnesses » Two or more needed to convict
Courts of justice » The accused » The evidence of two or more witnesses required in
Evidence » Laws concerning
Murder » To be proved by two witnesses at least
Punishment » Death penalty » Not done » Less than » Two witnesses
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
Witness » The necessity of more than one witness for anything to be established
Witness » Two necessary to establish a fact
Witnesses » Two or more needed to convict
Deuteronomy 19:16 (show verse)
If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,
Deuteronomy 19:17 (show verse)
then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before LORD, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days,
Deuteronomy 19:18 (show verse)
and the judges shall make diligent inquiry. And, behold, if the witness is a FALSE witness, and has testified falsely against his brother,
Courts of justice » Judges of » To investigate every case
Diligence » Required by God in » Discharging official duties
Diligence » Discharging official duties
Evidence » Laws concerning
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
Slander » Punishment for
Swearing falsely » False witnesses guilty of
Witness » The necessity of more than one witness for anything to be established
Diligence » Required by God in » Discharging official duties
Diligence » Discharging official duties
Evidence » Laws concerning
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
Slander » Punishment for
Swearing falsely » False witnesses guilty of
Witness » The necessity of more than one witness for anything to be established
Deuteronomy 19:19 (show verse)
then ye shall do to him, as he had thought to do to his brother. So shall thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
Deuteronomy 19:20 (show verse)
And those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.
Deuteronomy 19:21 (show verse)
And thine eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Evidence » Laws concerning
Pity » Not to be shown to offenders
Punishments » Were inflicted » Without pity
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Retaliation or injuring according to the injury done
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
Slander » Punishment for
Witness » The necessity of more than one witness for anything to be established
Pity » Not to be shown to offenders
Punishments » Were inflicted » Without pity
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Retaliation or injuring according to the injury done
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
Slander » Punishment for
Witness » The necessity of more than one witness for anything to be established