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Deuteronomy 19:1 (show verse)
When Yahweh thy God, shall cut off the nations whose land Yahweh thy God is giving thee, - and thou shalt dispossess them, and dwell in their cities and in their houses,
Deuteronomy 19:2 (show verse)
three cities, shalt thou set apart for thee, - in the midst of thy land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess.
Deuteronomy 19:3 (show verse)
Thou 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.
Deuteronomy 19:4 (show verse)
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;
Deuteronomy 19:5 (show verse)
as 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;
Deuteronomy 19:6 (show verse)
lest the blood redeemer pursue the manslayer because his heart is hot, and overtake him because the way is long, and he smite him so as to take away his life, - he not being worthy of death, seeing that he had not been hating him aforetime.
Deuteronomy 19:7 (show verse)
For this cause, am I commanding thee saying, - Three cities, shalt thou set apart for thee.
Deuteronomy 19:8 (show verse)
But, if Yahweh thy God should enlarge thy heralds, as he aware unto thy fathers, - and should give thee all the land, which he spake of giving unto thy fathers;
Deuteronomy 19:9 (show verse)
because thou dost observe all this commandment to do it which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Yahweh thy God and to walk in his paths all the days, then shalt thou add unto thee yet three cities, unto these three;
Deuteronomy 19:10 (show verse)
that innocent blood may not be sired in the midst of thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee as an inheritance, - and so shed-blood be upon thee.
Deuteronomy 19:11 (show verse)
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,
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 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;
Deuteronomy 19:13 (show verse)
thine eye shall not look with pity upon him, - so shall thou consume the shedding of innocent blood out of Israel and it shah go well with thee.
Deuteronomy 19:14 (show verse)
Thou shall 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.
Deuteronomy 19:15 (show verse)
One witness I shall not rise up, against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, with regard to any sin that he may commit, - at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses, must a matter be establish.
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)
When there shall rise up a wrongful witness against a man, - to answer against him perversely,
Deuteronomy 19:17 (show verse)
then shall the two men who are at variance stand before Yahweh, - before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;
Deuteronomy 19:18 (show verse)
and the judges shall make diligent inquisition, - and lo! if the witness be, a false witness and, falsely, have answered 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 de unto his brother, - so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst;
Deuteronomy 19:20 (show verse)
and, they who remain shall hear and fear, - and not go on to do again according to this wicked thing, in thy midst:
Deuteronomy 19:21 (show verse)
neither shall thine eye 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