Deuteronomy 19:11

11 "But ¹if there is a man who hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and rises up against him and strikes him so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities,

Deuteronomy 19:11 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 19:11

But if any man hate his neighbour
Has conceived enmity in his heart against him, bears him a mortal hatred, and has formed a scheme in his mind to take away his life:

and lie in wait for him
knowing and expecting he will come by in such a way at such a time:

and rise up against him;
out of the place where he lay in wait, just at the time he is passing by:

and smite him mortally that he die;
or smite him

in soul or life
^F26; in such a part where life is in danger, and the consequence of it is that he dies:

and fleeth into one of these cities;
for shelter from the avenger of blood.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (vpn) , "anima", Montanus, Vatablus.

Deuteronomy 19:11 In-Context

9 if you carefully observe all this commandment which I command 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.

10 "So innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and bloodguiltiness be on you.

11 "But if there is a man who hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and rises up against him and strikes him so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities,

12 then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

13 "You shall not pity him, but you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel, that it may go well with you.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 21:12; Numbers 35:16; 1 John 3:15

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "him in the soul"