Thematic Bible
Deuteronomy 19:1 (show verse)
“When the Lord your God annihilates the nations whose land He is giving you, so that you drive them out and live in their cities and houses,
Deuteronomy 19:2 (show verse)
you are to set apart three cities for yourselves within the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
Deuteronomy 19:3 (show verse)
You are to determine the distances and divide the land the Lord your God is granting you as an inheritance into three regions, so that anyone who commits manslaughter can flee to these cities.
Deuteronomy 19:4 (show verse)
“Here is the law concerning a case of someone who kills a person and flees there to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him:
Deuteronomy 19:5 (show verse)
If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber, and his hand swings the ax to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies, that person may flee to one of these cities and live.
Deuteronomy 19:6 (show verse)
Otherwise, the avenger of blood in the heat of his anger might pursue the one who committed manslaughter, overtake him because the distance is great, and strike him dead. Yet he did not deserve to die, since he did not previously hate his neighbor.
Deuteronomy 19:7 (show verse)
This is why I am commanding you to set apart three cities for yourselves.
Deuteronomy 19:8 (show verse)
If the Lord your God enlarges your territory as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised to give them—
Deuteronomy 19:9 (show verse)
provided you keep every one of these commands I am giving you today and follow them, loving the Lord your God and walking in His ways at all times—you are to add three more cities to these three.
Deuteronomy 19:10 (show verse)
In this way, innocent blood will not be shed, and you will not become guilty of bloodshed in the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 19:11 (show verse)
But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in ambush for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally, and flees to one of these cities,
Avenger of blood » Scriptures relating to
Homicide » Punishment of
Murder » Punishment of wilful
Murder » To be proved by two witnesses at least
Murder » Described as killing » By lying in wait
Murder » Persons guilty of » Not protected in refuge cities
Refuge » Cities of » From the avenger of blood
Homicide » Punishment of
Murder » Punishment of wilful
Murder » To be proved by two witnesses at least
Murder » Described as killing » By lying in wait
Murder » Persons guilty of » Not protected in refuge cities
Refuge » Cities of » From the avenger of blood
Deuteronomy 19:12 (show verse)
the elders of his city must send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood and he will die.
Deuteronomy 19:13 (show verse)
You must not look on him with pity but purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and you will prosper.
Deuteronomy 19:14 (show verse)
“You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, established at the start in the inheritance you will receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
Deuteronomy 19:15 (show verse)
“One witness cannot establish any wrongdoing or sin against a person, whatever that person has done. A fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Courts » Advocates » Witnesses, two or more needed to convict
Courts of justice » The accused » The evidence of two or more witnesses required in
Evidence » Laws concerning
Murder » To be proved by two witnesses at least
Punishment » Death penalty » Not done » Less than » Two witnesses
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
Witness » The necessity of more than one witness for anything to be established
Witness » Two necessary to establish a fact
Witnesses » Two or more needed to convict
Courts of justice » The accused » The evidence of two or more witnesses required in
Evidence » Laws concerning
Murder » To be proved by two witnesses at least
Punishment » Death penalty » Not done » Less than » Two witnesses
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
Witness » The necessity of more than one witness for anything to be established
Witness » Two necessary to establish a fact
Witnesses » Two or more needed to convict
Deuteronomy 19:16 (show verse)
“If a malicious witness testifies against someone accusing him of a crime,
Deuteronomy 19:17 (show verse)
the two people in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and judges in authority at that time.
Deuteronomy 19:18 (show verse)
The judges are to make a careful investigation, and if the witness turns out to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,
Courts of justice » Judges of » To investigate every case
Diligence » Required by God in » Discharging official duties
Diligence » Discharging official duties
Evidence » Laws concerning
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
Slander » Punishment for
Swearing falsely » False witnesses guilty of
Witness » The necessity of more than one witness for anything to be established
Diligence » Required by God in » Discharging official duties
Diligence » Discharging official duties
Evidence » Laws concerning
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
Slander » Punishment for
Swearing falsely » False witnesses guilty of
Witness » The necessity of more than one witness for anything to be established
Deuteronomy 19:19 (show verse)
you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from you.
Deuteronomy 19:20 (show verse)
Then everyone else will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything evil like this among you.
Deuteronomy 19:21 (show verse)
You must not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
Evidence » Laws concerning
Pity » Not to be shown to offenders
Punishments » Were inflicted » Without pity
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Retaliation or injuring according to the injury done
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
Slander » Punishment for
Witness » The necessity of more than one witness for anything to be established
Pity » Not to be shown to offenders
Punishments » Were inflicted » Without pity
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Retaliation or injuring according to the injury done
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
Slander » Punishment for
Witness » The necessity of more than one witness for anything to be established