Deu 19 | ABEn | STEP | But whenever [ 3 should remove from view 1 the lord 2 your God] the nations which your God gives to you of their land, and you should inherit them, and should dwell in their cities, and in their houses;

‏ Deuteronomy 19

CHAPTER 19 Cities of Refuge

1 But whenever [³should remove from view ¹the lord ²your God] the nations which your God gives to you of their land, and you should inherit them, and should dwell in their cities, and in their houses; 2 [³three ⁴cities ¹you shall draw apart ²to yourself] in the midst of your land, which the lord your God gives to you. 3 Take thought to yourself of the way, and you shall make three parts the boundaries of your land which [³divides ⁴to you ¹the lord ²your God], and it will be there for a refuge to every man-slayer. 4 And this will be the order for the man-slayer, who ever should flee there, and shall live -- who ever should strike his neighbor unintentionally, and this one was not detesting him before yesterday and before the third day. 5 And who ever should enter with the neighbor into the oak grove to bring wood, and [²was knocked back ¹his hand] with the axe while felling the wood, and [³in falling off ¹the ²iron implement] from the wood handle should happen by chance to strike the neighbor, and he should die; this one shall take refuge in one of these cities, and shall live. 6 Lest [⁴pursue ¹the one ²acting as next of kin ³for blood] after the man-slayer, because [²is overheated ¹his heart], and overtakes him, if it might be a longer way, and he strikes his life and he should die. And [⁴to this man ¹there is no ²judgment ³of death], for [²not ³detesting ¹he was] him before yesterday and before the third day. 7 Because of this I give charge to you this thing, saying, Three cities you shall draw apart to yourself. 8 And if [³should widen ¹the lord ²your God] your borders, in which manner he swore by an oath to your fathers, and [²should give ³to you ¹the lord] all the land which he said he would give to your fathers; 9 if you should listen to do all these commandments which I give charge to you today, to love the lord your God, to go in all his ways all the days; then you shall add to yourself again three cities to these three. 10 And [³shall not ⁴be poured out ¹the blood ²of the innocent] in the land which the lord your God gives to you by lot, and there will not be among you blood liability. 11 But if there should be a man detesting his neighbor, and he shall lie in wait for him, and should rise up against him, and should strike his life, and he should die, and he should flee into one of these cities; 12 then they shall send the council of elders of his city, and they shall take him from there, and shall deliver him into the hands to the one acting as next of kin for blood, and he shall die. 13 You shall not spare your eye for him, and you shall cleanse the blood for the innocent from out of Israel, and [²good ³to you ¹it will be]. 14 You shall not move the boundaries of your neighbor, which they established, the ones prior of you among your inheritance, which you inherited in the land, which the lord your God gives to you by lot.

Concerning Witnesses

15 You shall not adhere to [²witness ¹one] in witnessing against a man for any injustice, and for any sin, and for any sin which ever he should have sinned. By the mouth of two witnesses, and by the mouth of three witnesses [³shall be established ¹every ²word]. 16 And if [³should stand ²witness ¹an unjust] against a man alleging his impiety; 17 then [⁴shall stand ¹the ²two ³men], in which [³is ⁴with them ¹the ²dispute], before the lord, and before the priests, and before the judges -- the ones as might be in those days. 18 And [³should inquire ¹the ²judges] exactly. And behold, [²witness ¹if an unjust] witnessed unjustly, and stood against his brother, 19 then you shall do to him in which manner he devised wickedly to do against his brother, and you shall lift away the wicked from yourselves. 20 And the rest hearing shall fear, and they shall not add again to do according to [²thing ¹this wicked] among you. 21 [²shall not ³spare ¹Your eye] him; life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot; in so far as any should give a blemish to the neighbor, thus you shall give to him.