Genesis 4:9-10
Where ..... Abel <0335 01893> [Where is.]
know <03045> [I know.]
What <04100> [What.]
blood <01818> [blood. Heb. bloods. crieth.]
Leviticus 19:16
slanderer <07400> [tale-bearer.]
stand <05975> [stand.]
Numbers 35:31-33
accept <03947> [Moreover.]
guilty ... death ... must ...... death <04191 07563> [guilty of death. Heb. faulty to die.]
The region east of Jordan was nearly as long as that on the west, and therefore three cities were appointed in each division. One or other of these cities would be within half a day's journey of every part of the land; and as it would rarely happen that the avenger of blood would be on the spot, and none had a right to assault or detain the manslayer, at least if no malicious intention was manifest, the unhappy men would, therefore, get the start of their adversaries, and very few of them be overtaken before they gained the place of refuge. But then they must forsake their families, employments, most important interests, and dearest comforts; and they must neither loiter nor yield to weariness, nor regard difficulties, nor slacken their pace, till they had got safe within the walls of the city. The Jewish writers inform us, that to afford every facility to those who thus fled for their life, the road to these cities was always preserved in good repair; and way-posts, upon which was inscribed REFUGE were placed wherever needful, that they might not so much as hesitate for a moment.
pollute ......... defiles <02610> [it defileth.]
land ......... land .... land .... cleansed ............... person <0776 03722> [the land cannot be cleansed. Heb. there can be no expiation for the land.]
Deuteronomy 21:1-9
herd <01241> [an.]
wadi ... flowing water .............. wadi <05158 0386> [a rough valley.]
As the word {nachal} signifies both a torrent, and the valley or glen through which it flows, {nachal aithan} may be rendered a rapid torrent. Many torrents in Judea are dry during a great part of the year; when not only their banks but their beds may be ploughed, and yield a crop. Hence there is no impropriety in specifying that such a place should be one that "is neither cared nor sown;" while the circumstance that the elders were to wash their hands over the heifer, whose head had been struck off into the stream, confirms this interpretation. The spot of ground where this sacrifice was made must be uncultivated, because it was considered as a sacrifice for the atonement of murder, and, consequently, would pollute the land.
break the ... neck <06202> [shall strike.]
Lord <03068> [for them.]
<06310> [by their word.]
<06310> [word. Heb. mouth.]
wash ... hands <03027 07364> [wash their hands.]
Washing the hands was anciently a symbolical action, denoting that the person was innocent of the crime in question.
accountable ....... innocent <05414 05355> [lay not.]
people .................... person <05971> [unto thy people. Heb. in the midst.]
purge <01197> [shalt thou.]
do <06213> [when thou shalt.]
Psalms 9:12
one .... revenge <01875> [When.]
overlook <07911> [he forgetteth.]
<06035> [humble. or, afflicted.]
Matthew 23:35
on .......... on <1909> [upon.]
righteous blood ....... blood ... righteous ..... blood <129 1342> [the blood of righteous.]
<2193> [unto.]
