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Deuteronomy 19:1 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 19 · verse 1
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 19:1 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 19:1 in context
1When 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;
2Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
3Thou 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- succeedestyârashto occupyH3423 →
- dwellestyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- nationsgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- givethnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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It was one of the precepts given to the sons of Noah that whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed, that is, by the avenger of blood, Gen 9:6. Now here we have the law settled between blood and blood, between the blood of the murdered and the blood of the murderer, and effectual provision made, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13