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;
Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
separate three cities Unquestionably in imitation of these cities, the heathen had their {asyla} and the Roman Catholics their {privileged altars}; and similar traditions seem to obtain in many barbarous nations, for `the North American Indian nations have most of them either a house or town of refuge, which is a sure asylum to protect a manslayer, or the unfortunate captive, if he once enter it. In almost every Indian nation, there are several towns, which are called old beloved, ancient, holy, or white towns, (white being their fixed emblem of peace, friendship, prosperity, happiness, purity, etc.) They seem to have been formerly towns of refuge; for it is not in the memory of the oldest people that human blood was shed in them.
Deuteronomy 4:41-43 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sun rise…
Exodus 23:12 Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall …
Numbers 35:10-15 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you be come …
Joshua 20:2-7 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities …
Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God …
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.
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;
the slayer
Deuteronomy 4:42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor …
Numbers 35:15-24 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, …
in time past [heb] from yesterday to the third day
Deuteronomy 19:6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart …
Genesis 31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not …
Joshua 3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand …
1 Chronicles 11:2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, you were he that …
Isaiah 30:33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yes, for the king it is prepared; …
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:
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.
the avenger
Numbers 35:12 And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger; that …
Joshua 20:5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not …
2 Samuel 14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and …
slay him [heb] smite him in life
not worthy
Deuteronomy 21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be …
Jeremiah 26:15,16 But know you for certain, that if you put me to death, you shall …
in time past [heb] from yesterday the third day
Deuteronomy 19:4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that …
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
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;
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:
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 19:13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of …
Deuteronomy 21:8 Be merciful, O LORD, to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, …
1 Kings 2:31 And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him, and …
2 Kings 21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled …
2 Kings 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem …
Psalm 94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, …
Proverbs 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: …
Jeremiah 7:6,7 If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and …
Joel 3:19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, …
Jonah 1:14 Why they cried to the LORD, and said, We beseech you, O LORD, we …
Matthew 27:4,5 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. …
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:
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.
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.
Thine eye
Deuteronomy 7:16 And you shall consume all the people which the LORD your God shall …
Deuteronomy 13:8 You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your …
Deuteronomy 25:12 Then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall not pity her.
Ezekiel 16:5 None eye pitied you, to do any of these to you, to have compassion …
but thou
Deuteronomy 21:9 So shall you put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, …
Genesis 9:6 Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in …
Leviticus 24:17,21 And he that kills any man shall surely be put to death…
Numbers 35:33,34 So you shall not pollute the land wherein you are: for blood it defiles …
2 Samuel 21:1,14 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after …
1 Kings 2:31 And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him, and …
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.
shalt not remove Before the extensive use of fences, landed property was marked out by stones or posts, set up so as to ascertain the divisions of family estates. It was easy to remove one of these landmarks, and set it in a different place; and thus a dishonest man might enlarge his own estate by contracting that of his neighbour. Hence it was a matter of considerable importance to prevent this crime among the Israelites; among whom, removing them would be equivalent to forging, altering, destroying, or concealing the title-deeds of an estate among us. Accordingly, by the Mosaic law, it was not only prohibited in the commandment against covetousness, but we find a particular curse expressly annexed to it in
Deuteronomy 27:17 Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people …
Deuteronomy 27:17 Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people …
Job 24:2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Proverbs 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Hosea 5:10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore …
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.
at the mouth
Deuteronomy 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that …
Numbers 35:30 Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the …
1 Kings 21:10,13 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against …
Matthew 18:16 But if he will not hear you, then take with you one or two more…
Matthew 26:60,61 But found none: yes, though many false witnesses came, yet found …
John 8:17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
2 Corinthians 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or …
1 Timothy 5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
Hebrews 10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Revelation 11:3-7 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy …
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
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;
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
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.
Then shall
Proverbs 19:5,9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies …
Jeremiah 14:15 Therefore thus said the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy …
Daniel 6:24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused …
so shalt
Deuteronomy 13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; …
Deuteronomy 17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, …
Deuteronomy 19:20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall from now on …
Deuteronomy 21:20,21 And they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn …
Deuteronomy 22:21,24 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's …
Deuteronomy 24:7 If a man be found stealing any of his brothers of the children of …
And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
