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chapter 19
1
When
the Lord thy God hath destroyed the nations, whose land he will deliver to
thee, and thou shalt possess it, and shalt dwell in the cities and houses
thereof :
2 Thou shalt separate to thee three cities in the midst
of the land, which the Lord will give thee in possession,
3 Paving diligently the way: and thou shalt divide the
whole province of thy land equally into three parts: that he who is forced to
flee for manslaughter, may have near at hand whither to escape.
4 This shall be the law of the slayer that fleeth,
whose life is to be saved: He that killeth his neighbour ignorantly, and who is
proved to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before:
5 But to have gone with him to the wood to hew wood,
and in cutting down the tree the axe slipped out of his hand, and the iron
slipping from the handle struck his friend, and killed him: he shall flee to
one of the cities aforesaid, and live:
6 Lest perhaps the next kinsman of him whose blood was
shed, pushed on by his grief should pursue, and apprehend him. if the way be
too long, and take away the life of him who is not guilty of death, because he
is proved to have had no hatred before against him that was slain.
7 Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three
cities at equal distance one from another.
8 And when the Lord thy God shall have enlarged thy
borders, as he swore to thy fathers, and shall give thee all the land that he
promised them,
9 (Yet so, if thou keep his commandments, and do the
things which I command thee this day, that thou love the Lord thy God, and walk
in his ways at all times) thou shalt add to thee other three cities, and shalt
double the number of the three cities aforesaid:
10 That innocent blood may not be shed in the midst of
the land which the Lord thy God will give thee to possess, lest thou be guilty
of blood.
11 But if any man hating his neighbour, lie in wait for
his life, and rise and strike him, and he die, and he flee to one of the cities
aforesaid,
12 The ancients of his city shall send, and take him
out of the place of refuge, and shall deliver him into the hand of the kinsman
of him whose blood was shed, and he shall die.
13 Thou shalt not pity him, and thou shalt take away
the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that it may be well with thee.
14 Thou shalt not take nor remove thy neighbour's
landmark, which thy predecessors have set in thy possession. which the Lord thy
God will give thee in the land that thou shalt receive to possess.
15 One witness shall not rise up against any man,
whatsoever the sin or wickedness be: but in the mouth of two or three witnesses
every word shall stand.
16 If a lying witness stand against a man, accusing him
of transgression,
17 Both of them, between whom the controversy is, shall
stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges that shall be
in those days.
18 And when after most diligent inquisition, they shall
find that the false witness hath told a lie against his brother:
19 They shall render to him as he meant to do to his
brother, and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee:
20 That others hearing may fear, and may not dare to do
such things.
21Thou shalt not pity him, but shalt require life for
life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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