ASV_Strong : Deuteronomy 19
1. When Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] shall cut off[H3772] the nations[H1471], whose land[H776] Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] giveth[H5414] thee[H3423], and thou succeedest them[H3427], and dwellest in their cities[H5892], and in their houses[H1004];
2. thou shalt set apart[H914] three[H7969] cities[H5892] for thee in the midst[H8432] of thy land[H776], which Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] giveth[H5414] thee to possess it[H3423].
3. Thou shalt prepare[H3559] thee the way[H1870], and divide the borders[H1366] of thy land[H776], which Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] causeth thee to inherit[H5157], into three parts[H8027], that every manslayer[H7523] may flee thither[H5127].
4. And this is the case[H1697] of the manslayer[H7523], that shall flee[H5127] thither and live[H2425]: whoso killeth[H5221] his neighbor[H7453] unawares[H1097], and hated[H8130] him not in time[H8543] past[H8032];
5. as when a man goeth[H935] into the forest[H3293] with his neighbor[H7453] to hew[H2404] wood[H6086], and his hand[H3027] fetcheth a stroke[H5080] with the axe[H1631] to cut down[H3772] the tree[H6086], and the head[H1270] slippeth[H5394] from the helve[H6086], and lighteth[H4672] upon his neighbor[H7453], so that he dieth[H4191]; he shall flee[H5127] unto one[H259] of these cities[H5892] and live[H2425]:
6. lest the avenger[H1350] of blood[H1818] pursue[H7291] the manslayer[H310], while[H3588] his heart[H3824] is hot[H3179], and overtake[H5381] him[H1870], because the way is long[H7235], and smite him[H5315] mortally[H5221]; whereas he was not worthy[H4941] of death[H4194], inasmuch as[H3588] he hated[H8130] him not in time[H8543] past[H8032].
7. Wherefore I command[H6680] thee[H559], saying, Thou shalt set apart[H914] three[H7969] cities for thee[H5892].
8. And if Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] enlarge[H7337] thy border[H1366], as he hath sworn[H7650] unto thy fathers[H1], and give[H5414] thee all the land[H776] which he promised[H1696] to give[H5414] unto thy fathers[H1];
9. if thou shalt keep[H8104] all this commandment[H4687] to do[H6213] it[H6680], which I command thee this day[H3117], to love[H157] Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430], and to walk[H3212] ever[H3117] in his ways[H1870]; then shalt thou add[H3254] three[H7969] cities[H5892] more for thee[H7969], besides these three:
10. that innocent[H5355] blood[H1818] be not shed[H8210] in[H7130] the midst of thy land[H776], which Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] giveth[H5414] thee for an inheritance[H5159], and so blood be upon thee[H1818].
11. But if any man[H376] hate[H8130] his neighbor[H7453], and lie in wait[H693] for him[H6965], and rise up against him[H5221], and smite him mortally[H5315] so that he dieth[H4191], and he flee[H5127] into one[H259] of these[H411] cities[H5892];
12. then the elders[H2205] of his city[H5892] shall send[H7971] and fetch[H3947] him thence[H5414], and deliver him into the hand[H3027] of the avenger[H1350] of blood[H1818], that he may die[H4191].
13. Thine eye[H5869] shall not pity[H2347] him[H1197], but thou shalt put away the innocent[H5355] blood[H1818] from Israel[H3478], that it may go well with thee[H2895].
14. Thou shalt not remove[H5253] thy neighbor[H7453]'s landmark[H1366], which they of old time[H7223] have set[H1379], in thine inheritance[H5159] which thou shalt inherit[H5157], in the land[H776] that Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] giveth[H5414] thee to possess it[H3423].
15. One[H259] witness[H5707] shall not rise up[H6965] against a man[H376] for any iniquity[H5771], or for any sin[H2403], in any sin[H2399] that he sinneth[H2398]: at the mouth[H6310] of two[H8147] witnesses[H5707], or at the mouth[H6310] of three[H7969] witnesses[H5707], shall a matter[H1697] be established[H6965].
16. If an unrighteous[H2555] witness[H5707] rise up[H6965] against any man[H376] to testify[H6030] against him of wrong-doing[H5627],
17. then both[H8147] the men[H582], between whom the controversy[H7379] is[H5975], shall stand before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], before[H6440] the priests[H3548] and the judges[H8199] that shall be in those days[H3117];
18. and the judges[H8199] shall make diligent[H3190] inquisition[H1875]: and[H5707], behold, if the witness be a false[H8267] witness[H5707], and have testified[H6030] falsely[H8267] against his brother[H251];
19. then shall ye do[H6213] unto him[H2161], as he had thought to do[H6213] unto his brother[H251]: so shalt thou put[H1197] away[H1197] the evil[H7451] from the midst of thee[H7130].
20. And those that remain[H7604] shall hear[H8085], and fear[H3372], and shall henceforth[H3254] commit[H6213] no more any[H1697] such evil[H7451] in the midst of thee[H7130].
21. And thine eyes[H5869] shall not pity[H2347]; life[H5315] shall go for life[H5315], eye[H5869] for eye[H5869], tooth[H8127] for tooth[H8127], hand[H3027] for hand[H3027], foot[H7272] for foot[H7272].
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