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Deuteronomy 19:2-21

19:2

Thou shalt separate
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three
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cities
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for thee in the midst
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of thy land
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which the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>

giveth
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thee to possess
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it.

19:3

Thou shalt prepare
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thee a way
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and divide the coasts
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of thy land
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which the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>

giveth thee to inherit
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into three parts
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that every slayer
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may flee
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thither.

19:4

And this [is] the case
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of the slayer
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which shall flee
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thither, that he may live
<02425> (8804)_:

Whoso killeth
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his neighbour
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ignorantly
<01097> <01847>_,

whom he hated
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not in time
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past
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{in...: Heb. from yesterday the third day}

19:5

As when a man goeth
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into the wood
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with his neighbour
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to hew
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wood
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and his hand
<03027>

fetcheth a stroke
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with the axe
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to cut down
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the tree
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and the head
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slippeth
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from the helve
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and lighteth
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upon his neighbour
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that he die
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he shall flee
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unto one
<0259>

of those cities
<05892>_,

and live
<02425> (8804)_:

{head: Heb. iron} {helve: Heb. wood} {lighteth...: Heb. findeth}

19:6

Lest the avenger
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of the blood
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pursue
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the slayer
<0310> <07523> (8802)_,

while
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his heart
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is hot
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and overtake
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him, because the way
<01870>

is long
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and slay
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him
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whereas he [was] not worthy
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of death
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inasmuch as
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he hated
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him not in time
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past
<08032>_.

{slay...: Heb. smite him in life} {in...: Heb. from yesterday the third day}

19:7

Wherefore I command
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thee, saying
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Thou shalt separate
<0914> (8686)

three
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cities
<05892>

for thee.

19:8

And if the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>

enlarge
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thy coast
<01366>_,

as he hath sworn
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unto thy fathers
<01>_,

and give
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thee all the land
<0776>

which he promised
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to give
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unto thy fathers
<01>_;

19:9

If thou shalt keep
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all these commandments
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to do
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them, which I command
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thee this day
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to love
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the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>_,

and to walk
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ever
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in his ways
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then shalt thou add
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three
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cities
<05892>

more for thee, beside these three
<07969>_:

19:10

That innocent
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blood
<01818>

be not shed
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in
<07130>

thy land
<0776>_,

which the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>

giveth
<05414> (8802)

thee [for] an inheritance
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and [so] blood
<01818>

be upon thee.

19:11

But if any man
<0376>

hate
<08130> (8802)

his neighbour
<07453>_,

and lie in wait
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for him, and rise up
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against him, and smite
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him mortally
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that he die
<04191> (8804)_,

and fleeth
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into one
<0259>

of these
<0411>

cities
<05892>_:

{mortally: Heb. in life}

19:12

Then the elders
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of his city
<05892>

shall send
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and fetch
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him thence, and deliver
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him into the hand
<03027>

of the avenger
<01350> (8802)

of blood
<01818>_,

that he may die
<04191> (8804)_.

19:13

Thine eye
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shall not pity
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him, but thou shalt put away
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[the guilt of] innocent
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blood
<01818>

from Israel
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that it may go well
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with thee.

19:14

Thou shalt not remove
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thy neighbour's
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landmark
<01366>_,

which they of old time
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have set
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in thine inheritance
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which thou shalt inherit
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in the land
<0776>

that the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>

giveth
<05414> (8802)

thee to possess
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it.

19:15

One
<0259>

witness
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shall not rise up
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against a man
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for any iniquity
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or for any sin
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in any sin
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that he sinneth
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at the mouth
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of two
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witnesses
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or at the mouth
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of three
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witnesses
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shall the matter
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be established
<06965> (8799)_.

19:16

If a false
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witness
<05707>

rise up
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against any man
<0376>

to testify
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against him [that which is] wrong
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{that...: or, falling away}

19:17

Then both
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the men
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between whom the controversy
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[is], shall stand
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before
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the LORD
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before
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the priests
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and the judges
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which shall be in those days
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19:18

And the judges
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shall make diligent
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inquisition
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and, behold, [if] the witness
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[be] a false
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witness
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[and] hath testified
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falsely
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against his brother
<0251>_;

19:19

Then shall ye do
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unto him, as he had thought
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to have done
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unto his brother
<0251>_:

so shalt thou put
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the evil
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away
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from among
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you.

19:20

And those which remain
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shall hear
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and fear
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and shall henceforth
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commit
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no more any
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such evil
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among
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you.

19:21

And thine eye
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shall not pity
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[but] life
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[shall go] for life
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eye
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for eye
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tooth
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for tooth
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hand
<03027>

for hand
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foot
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for foot
<07272>_.