Deuteronomy 19 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Cities of Refuge

(Num 35:9–28; Jos 20:1–9 )

“When^H3588 the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 cuts^H3772 off^H3772 the nations^H1471 whose^H834 land^H776 the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 is giving^H5414 you, and you dispossess^H3423 them and settle^H3427 in their cities^H5892 and in their houses^H1004,

Deu 19:2

Deu 19:2you shall set aside for yourself three cities in the midst of your land which the LORD your God is giving you to [fn]possess.

Deu 19:3

Deu 19:3“You shall prepare the [fn]roads for yourself, and divide into three regions the territory of your land which the LORD your God will give you as an inheritance, [fn]so that anyone who commits manslaughter may flee there.

Deu 19:4

“Now this^H2088 is the case^H1697 of the one who commits^H7523 manslaughter^H7523, who^H834 may flee^H5127 there^H8033 and live^H2421: when^H834 he [fn]kills^H5221 his friend^H7453 [fn]unintentionally^H1847^H1097, [fn]not hating^H8130 him previously^H8543^H8032—

Deu 19:5

Deu 19:5as when a person goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand [fn]swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the [fn]handle and [fn]strikes his friend so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live.

Deu 19:6

Deu 19:6“Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue [fn]him [fn]in the heat of his anger, and overtake him because the way is long, and [fn]take his life, though he was not sentenced to death since he had not hated him previously.

Deu 19:7

Deu 19:7“Therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall set aside for yourself three cities.’

Deu 19:8

“And if^H518 the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 enlarges^H7337 your territory^H1366, just^H834 as^H834 He has sworn^H7650 to your fathers^H1, and gives^H5414 you all^H3605 the land^H776 that He [fn]promised^H1696 to give^H5414 your fathers^H1—

Deu 19:9

Deu 19:9if you [fn]carefully follow all of this commandment which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in His ways always—then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three.

Deu 19:10

Deu 19:10“So innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and guilt for bloodshed will not be on you.

Deu 19:11

“But if^H3588 there is a person^H376 who hates^H8130 his neighbor^H7453, and waits^H693 in^H693 ambush^H693 for him and rises^H6965 up^H6965 against^H5921 him and strikes^H5221 [fn]him so that he dies^H4191, and he flees^H5127 to one^H259 of these^H411 cities^H5892,

Deu 19:12

Deu 19:12then the elders of his city shall send men and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

Deu 19:13

Deu 19:13“[fn]You shall not pity him, but you shall eliminate the guilt for the bloodshed of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well for you.

Laws of Landmark and Testimony

Deu 19:14

“You shall not displace^H5472 your neighbor’s^H7453 boundary^H1366 marker^H1366, which^H834 the ancestors^H7223 have set^H1379, in your inheritance^H5159 which^H834 you will inherit^H5157 in the land^H776 that the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 is giving^H5414 you to [fn]possess^H3423.

Deu 19:15

“A single^H259 witness^H5707 shall not rise^H6965 up^H6965 against a person^H376 regarding any^H3605 wrongdoing^H5771 or any^H3605 sin^H2399 [fn]that he commits^H2398; on the [fn]testimony^H6310 of two^H8147 or^H176 three^H7969 witnesses^H5707 a matter^H1697 shall be confirmed^H6965.

Deu 19:16

Deu 19:16“If a malicious witness rises up against a person to testify against him of wrongdoing,

Deu 19:17

Deu 19:17then both people who have the dispute shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days.

Deu 19:18

Deu 19:18“And the judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has testified against his brother falsely,

Deu 19:19

Deu 19:19then you shall do to him just as he had planned to do to his brother. So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

Deu 19:20

Deu 19:20“And the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such an evil thing among you.

Deu 19:21

Deu 19:21“So [fn]you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(19:2)

Lit possess it

(19:3)

Lit road

(19:3)

Lit and it shall be for everyone who committed manslaughter to flee there

(19:4)

Lit strikes

(19:4)

Lit without knowledge

(19:4)

Lit and he was not hating him previously

Lit is put to the

Lit wood

Lit finds

Lit the one who committed manslaughter

(19:6)

Lit while his heart is hot

(19:6)

Lit strike him in the soul

(19:8)

Lit spoke

(19:9)

Lit keep all...to do it

(19:11)

Lit him in the soul

(19:13)

Lit Your eye

(19:14)

Lit possess it

(19:15)

Lit in any sin, that he sins

(19:15)

Lit mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three

(19:21)

Lit your eye

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Deuteronomy 19 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Cities of Refuge

Laws of Landmark and Testimony

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