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Deuteronomy 19:13 (RSV) Revised Standard Version

1 "When the LORD your God cuts off the nations whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses,
2 you shall set apart three cities for you in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess.
3 You shall prepare the roads, and divide into three parts the area of the land which the LORD your God gives you as a possession, so that any manslayer can flee to them.
4 "This is the provision for the manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If any one kills his neighbor unintentionally without having been at enmity with him in time past --
5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down a tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies -- he may flee to one of these cities and save his life;
6 lest the avenger of blood in hot anger pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and wound him mortally, though the man did not deserve to die, since he was not at enmity with his neighbor in time past.
7 Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three cities.
8 And if the LORD your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers --
9 provided you are careful to keep all this commandment, which I command you this day, by loving the LORD your God and by walking ever in his ways -- then you shall add three other cities to these three,
10 lest innocent blood be shed in your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you.
11 "But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and attacks him, and wounds him mortally so that he dies, and the man flees into one of these cities,
12 then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die.
13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may be well with you.
14 "In the inheritance which you will hold in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess, you shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set.
15 "A single witness shall not prevail against a man for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed; only on the evidence of two witnesses, or of three witnesses, shall a charge be sustained.
16 If a malicious witness rises against any man to accuse him of wrongdoing,
17 then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days;
18 the judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely,
19 then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you.
20 And the rest shall hear, and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you.
21 Your eye shall not pity; it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
1 When H3588 CONJ the LORD H3068 EDS thy God H430 CMP-2MS hath cut off H3772 the nations H1471 D-NMP , whose H834 RPRO land H776 the LORD H3068 EDS thy God H430 CMP-2MS giveth H5414 VQPMS thee , and thou succeedest H3423 them , and dwellest H3427 in their cities H5892 , and in their houses H1004 ;
2 Thou shalt separate H914 three H7969 MFS cities H5892 GFP for thee in the midst H8432 B-NMS of thy land H776 , which H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS thy God H430 CMP-2MS giveth H5414 VQPMS thee to possess H3423 it .
3 Thou shalt prepare H3559 VHY3FS thee a way H1870 D-NMS , and divide H8027 the coasts H1366 CMS of thy land H776 , which H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS thy God H430 CMP-2MS giveth thee to inherit H5157 , into three parts , that every H3605 NMS slayer H7523 may H1961 W-VQQ3MS flee H5127 thither H8033 ADV-3FS .
4 And this H2088 W-PMS is the case H1697 CMS of the slayer H7523 , which H834 RPRO shall flee H5127 thither H8033 ADV-3FS , that he may live H2425 : Whoso H834 RPRO killeth H5221 his neighbor H7453 NMS-3MS ignorantly H1907 , whom he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS hated H8130 not H3808 NADV in time H8032 past H8657 ;
5 As when a man H834 W-RPRO goeth H935 VQY3MS into the wood H3293 with H854 PREP his neighbor H7453 NMS-3MS to hew H2404 wood H6086 , and his hand H3027 CFS-3MS fetcheth a stroke H5080 with the axe H1631 to cut down H3772 the tree H6086 AMS , and the head H1270 slippeth H5394 from H4480 PREP the helve H6086 AMS , and lighteth upon H4672 his neighbor H7453 NMS-3MS , that he die H4191 ; he H1931 PPRO-3MS shall flee H5127 unto H413 PREP one H259 OFS of those H428 D-DPRO-3MP cities H5892 , and live H2425 :
6 Lest H6435 CONJ the avenger H1350 of the blood H1818 pursue H7291 the slayer H7523 , while H3588 CONJ his heart H3824 is hot H3179 , and overtake H5381 him , because H3588 CONJ the way H1870 D-NMS is long H7235 VQQ3MS , and slay H5221 him H5315 ; whereas he was not H369 NPAR worthy of death H4941 CMS , inasmuch as H3588 CONJ he H1931 PPRO-3MS hated H8130 him not H3808 NADV in time H8032 past H8543 .
7 Wherefore H5921 PREP I H595 PPRO-1MS command H6680 thee , saying H559 L-VQFC , Thou shalt separate H914 three H7969 MFS cities H5892 GFP for thee .
8 And if H518 W-PART the LORD H3068 EDS thy God H430 CMP-2MS enlarge H7337 thy coast H1366 , as H834 RPRO he hath sworn H7650 unto thy fathers H1 , and give H5414 W-VQQ3MS thee all H3605 NMS the land H776 D-GFS which H834 RPRO he promised H1696 VPQ3MS to give H5414 W-VQQ3MS unto thy fathers H1 ;
9 If H3588 CONJ thou shalt keep H8104 all H3605 NMS these H2063 D-DFS commandments H4687 to do H6213 them , which H834 RPRO I H595 PPRO-1MS command H6680 thee this day H3117 D-AMS , to love H157 the LORD H3068 EDS thy God H430 CMP-2MS , and to walk H1980 WL-VQFC ever H3605 NMS in his ways H1870 ; then shalt thou add H3254 three H7969 MFS cities H5892 GFP more H5750 ADV for thee , beside H5921 PREP these H428 three H7969 :
10 That innocent H5355 AMS blood H1818 NMS be not H3808 W-NPAR shed H8210 VNY3MS in H7130 thy land H776 , which H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS thy God H430 CMP-2MS giveth H5414 VQPMS thee for an inheritance H5159 NFS , and so blood H1818 be H1961 W-VQQ3MS upon H5921 PREP-2MS thee .
11 But if H3588 any man H376 NMS hate H1961 VQY3MS his neighbor H7453 L-CMS-3MS , and lie in wait H693 for him , and rise up H6965 against H5921 PREP-3MS him , and smite H5221 him mortally H5315 GFS that he die H4191 , and fleeth H5127 into H413 PREP one H259 OFS of these H411 cities H5892 :
12 Then the elders H2205 of his city H5892 shall send H7971 and fetch H3947 him thence H8033 M-ADV , and deliver H5414 him into the hand H3027 B-CFS of the avenger H1350 of blood H1818 , that he may die H4191 .
13 Thine eye H5869 shall not H3808 NADV pity H2347 him , but thou shalt put away H1197 the guilt of innocent H5355 blood H1818 from Israel H3478 , that it may go well H2895 with thee .
14 Thou shalt not H3808 NADV remove H5253 thy neighbor H7453 \'s landmark H1366 CMS , which H834 RPRO they of old time H7223 have set H1379 in thine inheritance H5159 , which H834 RPRO thou shalt inherit H5157 in the land H776 B-NFS that H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS thy God H430 CMP-2MS giveth H5414 VQPMS thee to possess H3423 it .
15 One H259 MMS witness H5707 shall not H3808 ADV rise up H6965 VQY3MS against a man H376 for any H3605 L-CMS iniquity H5771 NMS , or for any H3605 sin H2403 CFS , in any H3605 B-CMS sin H2399 that H834 RPRO he sinneth H2398 : at H5921 PREP the mouth H6310 of two H8147 ONUM witnesses H5707 , or H176 CONJ at H5921 PREP the mouth H6310 of three H7969 witnesses H5707 , shall the matter H1697 be established H6965 VQY3MS .
16 If H3588 CONJ a false H2555 AMS witness H5707 rise up H6965 VQY3MS against any man H376 to testify H6030 against him that which is wrong H5627 ;
17 Then both H8147 the men H376 D-NMP , between whom H834 RPRO the controversy H7379 is , shall stand H5975 before H6440 L-CMP the LORD H3068 EDS , before H6440 L-CMP the priests H3548 and the judges H8199 , which H834 RPRO shall be H1961 VQY3MP in those H1992 days H3117 BD-NMP ;
18 And the judges H8199 shall make diligent inquisition H1875 : and , behold H2009 IJEC , if the witness H5707 be a false H8267 NMS witness H5707 , and hath testified H6030 falsely H8267 NMS against his brother H251 ;
19 Then shall ye do H6213 unto him , as H834 K-RPRO he had thought H2161 to have done H6213 L-VQFC unto his brother H251 : so shalt thou put the evil away H1197 from among H7130 you .
20 And those which remain H7604 W-VNPMP shall hear H8085 VQY3MP , and fear H3372 , and shall henceforth H3254 commit H6213 L-VQFC no H3808 W-NPAR more H5750 ADV any H1697 such H2088 D-PMS evil H7451 D-AMS among H7130 you .
21 And thine eye H5869 CMD-2MS shall not H3808 W-NPAR pity H2347 ; but life H5315 GFS shall go for life H5315 GFS , eye H5869 NMS for eye H5869 , tooth H8127 for tooth H8127 , hand H3027 NFS for hand H3027 , foot H7272 NFS for foot H7272 .
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