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Deuteronomy 19:1 (show verse)
'When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and thou hast succeeded them, and dwelt in their cities, and in their houses,
Deuteronomy 19:2 (show verse)
three cities thou dost separate for thee in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
Deuteronomy 19:3 (show verse)
Thou dost prepare for thee the way, and hast divided into three parts the border of thy land which Jehovah thy God doth cause thee to inherit, and it hath been for the fleeing thither of every man-slayer.
Deuteronomy 19:4 (show verse)
And this is the matter of the man-slayer who fleeth thither, and hath lived: He who smiteth his neighbour unknowingly, and is not hating him heretofore,
Deuteronomy 19:5 (show verse)
even he who cometh in with his neighbour into a forest to hew wood, and his hand hath driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron hath slipped from the wood, and hath met his neighbour, and he hath died -- he doth flee unto one of these cities, and hath lived,
Deuteronomy 19:6 (show verse)
lest the redeemer of blood pursue after the man-slayer when his heart is hot, and hath overtaken him (because the way is great), and hath smitten him -- the life, and he hath no sentence of death, for he is not hating him heretofore;
Deuteronomy 19:7 (show verse)
therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Three cities thou dost separate to thee.
Deuteronomy 19:8 (show verse)
And if Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath sworn to thy fathers, and hath given to thee all the land which He hath spoken to give to thy fathers --
Deuteronomy 19:9 (show verse)
when thou keepest all this command to do it, which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk in His ways all the days -- then thou hast added to thee yet three cities to these three;
Deuteronomy 19:10 (show verse)
and innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance, and there hath been upon thee blood.
Deuteronomy 19:11 (show verse)
And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him -- the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto 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 have sent and taken him from thence, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he hath died;
Deuteronomy 19:13 (show verse)
thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.
Deuteronomy 19:14 (show verse)
'Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
Deuteronomy 19:15 (show verse)
'One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing 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)
'When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostasy,
Deuteronomy 19:17 (show verse)
then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,
Deuteronomy 19:18 (show verse)
and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness is a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified 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 have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst,
Deuteronomy 19:20 (show verse)
and those who are left do hear and fear, and add not to do any more according to this evil thing in thy midst;
Deuteronomy 19:21 (show verse)
and thine eye doth 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