Verse 7
Deuteronomy 19:7
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַל כֵּ֛ן אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּ/ךָ֖ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר שָׁלֹ֥שׁ עָרִ֖ים תַּבְדִּ֥יל לָֽ/ךְ
English Translation
Therefore, I command you to set apart three cities for yourself.
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Chapter 19 Context
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When the Lord thy God (Elohim) hath destroyed the nations, whose land he will deliver to thee, and t...
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Thou shalt separate to thee three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give thee in...
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Paving diligently the way: and thou shalt divide the whole province of thy land equally into three p...
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This shall be the law of the slayer that fleeth, whose life is to be saved: He that killeth his neig...
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But to have gone with him to the wood to hew wood, and in cutting down the tree the axe slipped out...
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Lest perhaps the next kinsman of him whose blood was shed, pushed on by his grief should pursue, and...
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Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another.
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And when the Lord thy God (Elohim) shall have enlarged thy borders, as he swore to thy fathers, and...
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(Yet so, if thou keep his commandments, and do the things which I command thee this day, that thou l...
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That innocent blood may not be shed in the midst of the land which the Lord thy God (Elohim) will gi...
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But if any man hating his neighbour, lie in wait for his life, and rise and strike him, and he die,...
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12
The ancients of his city shall send, and take him out of the place of refuge, and shall deliver him...
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13
Thou shalt not pity him, and thou shalt take away the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that it...
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14
Thou shalt not take nor remove thy neighbour's landmark, which thy predecessors have set in thy poss...
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15
One witness shall not rise up against any man, whatsoever the sin or wickedness be: but in the mouth...
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If a lying witness stand against a man, accusing him of transgression,
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Both of them, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the pries...
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And when after most diligent inquisition, they shall find that the false witness hath told a lie aga...
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They shall render to him as he meant to do to his brother, and thou shalt take away the evil out of...
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That others hearing may fear, and may not dare to do such things.
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,21Thou shalt not pity him, but shalt require life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for...
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