DeuteronomyJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareDeuteronomy 19Darby - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Deuteronomy 1Deuteronomy 2Deuteronomy 3Deuteronomy 4Deuteronomy 5Deuteronomy 6Deuteronomy 7Deuteronomy 8Deuteronomy 9Deuteronomy 10Deuteronomy 11Deuteronomy 12Deuteronomy 13Deuteronomy 14Deuteronomy 15Deuteronomy 16Deuteronomy 17Deuteronomy 18Deuteronomy 19Deuteronomy 20Deuteronomy 21Deuteronomy 22Deuteronomy 23Deuteronomy 24Deuteronomy 25Deuteronomy 26Deuteronomy 27Deuteronomy 28Deuteronomy 29Deuteronomy 30Deuteronomy 31Deuteronomy 32Deuteronomy 33Deuteronomy 34›Deuteronomy 19ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1When Jehovah thyGod hath cut off the nations whose land Jehovah thyGod giveth thee, and thou hast dispossessed them, and dwellest in their cities and in their houses, 2thou shalt separate three cities for thyself in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thyGod giveth thee to possess. 3Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the territory of thy land, which Jehovah thyGod giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, so that every slayer may flee thither. 4And 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; 5as 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; 6lest 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. 7Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thyself. 8And if Jehovah thyGod enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers 9(if thou keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thyGod, and to walk in his ways continually), then shalt thou add three cities more for thyself to these three, 10that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thyGod giveth thee for an inheritance, and blood come not upon thee. 11But 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, 12then 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. 13Thine eye shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee. 14Thou 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 thyGod giveth thee to possess. 15One 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. 16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of an offence; 17then both the men between whom the controversy is shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days; 18and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother, 19then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. 20And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in thy midst. 21And thine eye shall not spare: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. ‹Previous chapterDeuteronomy 18Next chapterDeuteronomy 20›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsDeuteronomy 19 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain