Verse 7
Deuteronomy 19:7
Bible in Basic English
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And so I am ordering you to see that three towns are marked out for this purpose.
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 nations, whose land the Lord your God (Elohim) is giving you, have been cut off by him, and...
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You are to have three towns marked out in the land which the Lord your God (Elohim) is giving you fo...
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You are to make ready a way, and see that the land which the Lord your God (Elohim) is giving you fo...
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4
This is to be the rule for anyone who goes in flight there, after causing the death of his neighbour...
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For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees,...
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For if not, he who has the right of punishment may go running after the taker of life in the heat of...
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7
And so I am ordering you to see that three towns are marked out for this purpose.
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And if the Lord your God (Elohim) makes wide the limits of your land, as he said in his oath to your...
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9
If you keep and do all these orders which I give you today, loving the Lord your God (Elohim) and wa...
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10
So that in all your land, which the Lord your God (Elohim) is giving you for your heritage, no man m...
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11
But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and g...
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12
The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the rig...
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13
Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without ca...
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14
Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or...
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15
One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has...
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16
If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,
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17
Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the...
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And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false...
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19
Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you...
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And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among...
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Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot...
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