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Deuteronomy 19:12-21

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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 "1You shall not pity him, but 2you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel, that it may go well with you.

Laws of Landmark and Testimony

14 "3You shall not move your neighbor's boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.
15 "4A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.
16 "5If a malicious witness rises up against a man to accuse him of wrongdoing,
17 then both the men who have the dispute shall stand 6before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days.
18 "The judges 7shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has accused his brother falsely,
19 then 8you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.
20 "9The rest will hear and be afraid, and will never again * do such an evil thing among you.
21 "Thus 10you shall not show pity: 11life for life, 12eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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Deuteronomy 19:12-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 19

This chapter contains an order to separate three cities of refuge in the land of Canaan, for such that killed a man unawares to flee to, of which those who were guilty of murder purposely were to have no benefit, De 19:1-13, a law is given against removing landmarks, De 19:14, and others concerning witnesses, that they should be more than one; be two, or three, De 19:15, and that a false witness, on conviction, should be punished, De 19:16-21.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 12

  • 1. Deuteronomy 7:2
  • 2. 1 Kings 2:31
  • 3. Deuteronomy 27:17; Job 24:2; Proverbs 22:28; Hosea 5:10
  • 4. Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6; Matthew 18:16; John 8:17; 2 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Timothy 5:19; Hebrews 10:28
  • 5. Exodus 23:1; Psalms 27:12
  • 6. Deuteronomy 17:9
  • 7. Deuteronomy 25:1
  • 8. Proverbs 19:5
  • 9. Deuteronomy 17:13; Deuteronomy 21:21
  • 10. Deuteronomy 19:13
  • 11. Exodus 21:23; Leviticus 24:20
  • 12. Matthew 5:38

Footnotes 8

  • [a] Lit "Your eye"
  • [b] Lit "possess it"
  • [c] Lit "in any sin, which he sins"
  • [d] Lit "mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three"
  • [e] Lit "testify against"
  • [f] Lit "turning aside"
  • [g] Lit "testified against"
  • [h] Lit "your eye"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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