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Deuteronomy 19

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1When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

2Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

3Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

4And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

5As when a man 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 head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

6Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

7Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

8And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

9If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:

10That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

11But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

12Then 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.

13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

15One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

16If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

17Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

18And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

19Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

20And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83417× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • אֵתʼêthH85311× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30689× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • לֹאlôʼH38088× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4308× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • כִּיkîyH35887× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • כֹּלkôlH36057× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • נָתַןnâthanH54147× in this chapter

    to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

  • עִירʻîyrH58927× in this chapter

    a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

  • עַלʻalH59217× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • עֵדʻêdH57076× in this chapter

    concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince

  • אֶרֶץʼeretsH7766× in this chapter

    the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

  • דָּםdâmH18185× in this chapter

    blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)

  • רֵעַrêaʻH74535× in this chapter

    an associate (more or less close)

  • שָׁלוֹשׁshâlôwshH79695× in this chapter

    three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19614× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • יָדyâdH30274× in this chapter

    a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

  • נוּסnûwçH51274× in this chapter

    to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)

  • נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53154× in this chapter

    properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

  • עַיִןʻayinH58694× in this chapter

    an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62134× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • קוּםqûwmH69654× in this chapter

    to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

  • גְּבוּלgᵉbûwlH13663× in this chapter

    properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed

  • דָּבָרdâbârH16973× in this chapter

    a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

  • דֶּרֶךְderekH18703× in this chapter

    a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

  • הוּאhûwʼH19313× in this chapter

    he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

  • אֶחָדʼechâdH2593× in this chapter

    properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

  • יוֹםyôwmH31173× in this chapter

    a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

  • יָרַשׁyârashH34233× in this chapter

    to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

  • אִישׁʼîyshH3763× in this chapter

    a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

  • מוּתmûwthH41913× in this chapter

    to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

  • נָכָהnâkâhH52213× in this chapter

    to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

  • עֵץʻêtsH60863× in this chapter

    a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

  • קֶרֶבqerebH71303× in this chapter

    properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

  • רָצַחrâtsachH75233× in this chapter

    properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder

  • שָׁםshâmH80333× in this chapter

    there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

  • שָׂנֵאsânêʼH81303× in this chapter

    to hate (personally)

  • אָבʼâbH12× in this chapter

    father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

  • בָּעַרbâʻarH11972× in this chapter

    to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish

  • גָּאַלgâʼalH13502× in this chapter

    to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

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