Deuteronomy 19:1

AMP: “When the Lord your God cuts off (destroys) the nations whose land He is giving you, and you dispossess them and live in their cities and in their houses,

ASV: When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

BSB: When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,

DARBY: When Jehovah thy God hath cut off the nations whose land Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and thou hast dispossessed them, and dwellest in their cities and in their houses,

DRA: When the Lord thy God hath destroyed the nations, whose land he will deliver to thee, and thou shalt possess it, and shalt dwell in the cities and houses thereof :

KJV: When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

Deuteronomy 19:2

AMP: you shall designate three cities for yourself in the central area of the land, which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.

ASV: thou shalt set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

BSB: then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

DARBY: thou shalt separate three cities for thyself in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess.

DRA: Thou shalt separate to thee three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give thee in possession,

KJV: Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

Deuteronomy 19:3

AMP: You shall prepare and maintain for yourself the roads [to these cities], and divide the territory of your land into three parts, so that anyone who kills another unintentionally may escape there [for asylum].

ASV: Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which Jehovah thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.

BSB: You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.

DARBY: Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the territory of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, so that every slayer may flee thither.

DRA: Paving diligently the way: and thou shalt divide the whole province of thy land equally into three parts: that he who is forced to flee for manslaughter, may have near at hand whither to escape.

KJV: Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

Deuteronomy 19:4

AMP: “Now this is the case of the offender (manslayer) who may escape there and live [protected from vengeance]: when he kills his neighbor unintentionally, not having hated him previously—

ASV: And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past;

BSB: Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:

DARBY: And this is the case of the slayer who shall flee thither that he may live: he that smiteth his neighbour unwittingly, whom he hated not previously;

DRA: This shall be the law of the slayer that fleeth, whose life is to be saved: He that killeth his neighbour ignorantly, and who is proved to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before:

KJV: And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

Deuteronomy 19:5

AMP: as [for example] when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, but the iron head slips off the wooden handle and hits his companion and he dies—the offender may escape to one of these cities and live;

ASV: as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:

BSB: If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.

DARBY: as when he goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron slippeth from the handle, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; such an one shall flee unto one of these cities, and live;

DRA: But to have gone with him to the wood to hew wood, and in cutting down the tree the axe slipped out of his hand, and the iron slipping from the handle struck his friend, and killed him: he shall flee to one of the cities aforesaid, and live:

KJV: As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

Deuteronomy 19:6

AMP: otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue the offender in the heat of anger, and overtake him, because it is a long way, and take his life, even though he did not deserve to die, since he did not hate his neighbor beforehand.

ASV: lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

BSB: Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.

DARBY: lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, since he hated him not previously.

DRA: Lest perhaps the next kinsman of him whose blood was shed, pushed on by his grief should pursue, and apprehend him. if the way be too long, and take away the life of him who is not guilty of death, because he is proved to have had no hatred before against him that was slain.

KJV: Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

Deuteronomy 19:7

AMP: Therefore, I command you, saying, ‘You shall set aside three cities [of refuge] for yourself.’

ASV: Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee.

BSB: This is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.

DARBY: Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thyself.

DRA: Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another.

KJV: Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

Deuteronomy 19:8

AMP: “If the Lord your God enlarges your border, as He has sworn to your fathers to do, and gives you all the land which He promised to give to your fathers—

ASV: And if Jehovah thy God enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

BSB: And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,

DARBY: And if Jehovah thy God enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers

DRA: And when the Lord thy God shall have enlarged thy borders, as he swore to thy fathers, and shall give thee all the land that he promised them,

KJV: And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

Deuteronomy 19:9

AMP: if you keep and carefully observe all these commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the Lord your God, and to walk [that is, to live each and every day] always in His ways—then you shall add three more cities [of refuge] for yourself, besides these three,

ASV: if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three:

BSB: and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.

DARBY: (if thou keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk in his ways continually), then shalt thou add three cities more for thyself to these three,

DRA: (Yet so, if thou keep his commandments, and do the things which I command thee this day, that thou love the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways at all times) thou shalt add to thee other three cities, and shalt double the number of the three cities aforesaid:

KJV: If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:

Deuteronomy 19:10

AMP: so that innocent blood will not be shed [by blood avengers] in your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and blood guilt will not be on you [for the death of an innocent man].

ASV: that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

BSB: Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

DARBY: that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and blood come not upon thee.

DRA: That innocent blood may not be shed in the midst of the land which the Lord thy God will give thee to possess, lest thou be guilty of blood.

KJV: That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

Deuteronomy 19:11

AMP: “But if there is a man who hates his neighbor and lies in wait and ambush for him and attacks him and strikes him down so that he dies, and the assailant escapes to one of these cities,

ASV: But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities;

BSB: If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,

DARBY: But if a man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and he flee into one of these cities,

DRA: But if any man hating his neighbour, lie in wait for his life, and rise and strike him, and he die, and he flee to one of the cities aforesaid,

KJV: But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

Deuteronomy 19:12

AMP: then the elders of his own city shall send for him and have him taken back from there and turn him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may be put to death.

ASV: then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

BSB: the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.

DARBY: then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

DRA: The ancients of his city shall send, and take him out of the place of refuge, and shall deliver him into the hand of the kinsman of him whose blood was shed, and he shall die.

KJV: Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

Deuteronomy 19:13

AMP: You shall not pity him [the guilty one], but you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

ASV: Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

BSB: You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.

DARBY: Thine eye shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee.

DRA: Thou shalt not pity him, and thou shalt take away the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that it may be well with thee.

KJV: Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

Deuteronomy 19:14

AMP: “You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary mark, which the forefathers [who first divided the territory] have set, in the land which you will inherit in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.

ASV: Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor`s landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

BSB: You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

DARBY: Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have fixed in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess.

DRA: Thou shalt not take nor remove thy neighbour's landmark, which thy predecessors have set in thy possession. which the Lord thy God will give thee in the land that thou shalt receive to possess.

KJV: Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

Deuteronomy 19:15

AMP: “A single witness shall not appear in a trial against a man for any wrong or any sin which he has committed; [only] on the testimony or evidence of two or three witnesses shall a charge be confirmed.

ASV: One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

BSB: A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

DARBY: One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

DRA: One witness shall not rise up against any man, whatsoever the sin or wickedness be: but in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand.

KJV: One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

Deuteronomy 19:16

AMP: If a malicious witness rises up against a man to [falsely] accuse him of wrongdoing,

ASV: If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,

BSB: If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

DARBY: If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of an offence;

DRA: If a lying witness stand against a man, accusing him of transgression,

KJV: If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

Deuteronomy 19:17

AMP: then both parties to the controversy shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office at that time.

ASV: then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;

BSB: both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.

DARBY: then both the men between whom the controversy is shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;

DRA: Both of them, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges that shall be in those days.

KJV: Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

Deuteronomy 19:18

AMP: The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness, and he has accused his brother falsely,

ASV: and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;

BSB: The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,

DARBY: and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother,

DRA: And when after most diligent inquisition, they shall find that the false witness hath told a lie against his brother:

KJV: And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

Deuteronomy 19:19

AMP: then you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

ASV: then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

BSB: you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.

DARBY: then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

DRA: They shall render to him as he meant to do to his brother, and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee:

KJV: Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

Deuteronomy 19:20

AMP: Those who remain will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such an evil thing among you.

ASV: And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.

BSB: Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.

DARBY: And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in thy midst.

DRA: That others hearing may fear, and may not dare to do such things.

KJV: And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

Deuteronomy 19:21

AMP: You shall not show pity [to the guilty one]: it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

ASV: And thine eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

BSB: You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

DARBY: And thine eye shall not spare: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

DRA: ,21Thou shalt not pity him, but shalt require life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

KJV: And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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