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Deuteronomy 19:1 (show verse)
When Jehovah thy God hath cut off the nations whose land Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and thou hast dispossessed them, and dwellest in their cities and in their houses,
Deuteronomy 19:2 (show verse)
thou shalt separate three cities for thyself in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess.
Deuteronomy 19:3 (show verse)
Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the territory of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, so that every slayer may flee thither.
Deuteronomy 19:4 (show verse)
And this is the case of the slayer who shall flee thither that he may live: he that smiteth his neighbour unwittingly, whom he hated not previously;
Deuteronomy 19:5 (show verse)
as when he goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron slippeth from the handle, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; such an one shall flee unto one of these cities, and live;
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, since he hated him not previously.
Deuteronomy 19:7 (show verse)
Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thyself.
Deuteronomy 19:8 (show verse)
And if Jehovah thy God enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers
Deuteronomy 19:9 (show verse)
(if thou keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk in his ways continually), then shalt thou add three cities more for thyself to these three,
Deuteronomy 19:10 (show verse)
that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and blood come not upon thee.
Deuteronomy 19:11 (show verse)
But if a man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and he flee 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 thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
Deuteronomy 19:13 (show verse)
Thine eye shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee.
Deuteronomy 19:14 (show verse)
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have fixed in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess.
Deuteronomy 19:15 (show verse)
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: 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 rise up against any man to testify against him of an offence;
Deuteronomy 19:17 (show verse)
then both the men between whom the controversy is shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;
Deuteronomy 19:18 (show verse)
and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have 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 shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.
Deuteronomy 19:20 (show verse)
And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in thy midst.
Deuteronomy 19:21 (show verse)
And thine eye shall not spare: 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