19:1
cum disperderit Dominus Deus tuus gentes quarum tibitraditurus est terram et possederis eam habitaverisque inurbibus eius et in aedibus

19:2
tres civitates separabis tibi in medio terrae quam DominusDeus tuus dabit tibi in possessionem

19:3
sternens diligenter viam et in tres aequaliter partes totamterrae tuae provinciam divides ut habeat e vicino qui propterhomicidium profugus est quo possit evadere

19:4
haec erit lex homicidae fugientis cuius vita servanda estqui percusserit proximum suum nesciens et qui heri et nudiustertius nullum contra eum habuisse odium conprobatur

19:5
sed abisse simpliciter cum eo in silvam ad ligna caedendaet in succisione lignorum securis fugerit manu ferrumque lapsumde manubrio amicum eius percusserit et occiderit hic ad unamsupradictarum urbium confugiet et vivet

19:6
ne forsitan proximus eius cuius effusus est sanguis dolorestimulatus persequatur et adprehendat eum si longior via fueritet percutiat animam eius qui non est reus mortis quia nullumcontra eum qui occisus est odium prius habuisse monstratur

19:7
idcirco praecipio tibi ut tres civitates aequalis inter sespatii dividas

19:8
cum autem dilataverit Dominus Deus tuus terminos tuos sicutiuravit patribus tuis et dederit tibi cunctam terram quam eispollicitus est

19:9
si tamen custodieris mandata eius et feceris quae hodiepraecipio tibi ut diligas Dominum Deum tuum et ambules in viiseius omni tempore addes tibi tres alias civitates etsupradictarum trium urbium numerum duplicabis

19:10
ut non effundatur sanguis innoxius in medio terrae quamDominus Deus tuus dabit tibi possidendam nec sis sanguinis reus

19:11
si quis autem odio habens proximum suum insidiatus fueritvitae eius surgensque percusserit illum et mortuus fueritfugeritque ad unam de supradictis urbibus

19:12
mittent seniores civitatis illius et arripient eum de locoeffugii tradentque in manu proximi cuius sanguis effusus est etmorietur

19:13
nec misereberis eius et auferes innoxium sanguinem deIsrahel ut bene sit tibi

19:14
non adsumes et transferes terminos proximi tui quosfixerunt priores in possessione tua quam Dominus Deus tuusdabit tibi in terra quam acceperis possidendam

19:15
non stabit testis unus contra aliquem quicquid illudpeccati et facinoris fuerit sed in ore duorum aut trium testiumstabit omne verbum

19:16
si steterit testis mendax contra hominem accusans eumpraevaricationis

19:17
stabunt ambo quorum causa est ante Dominum in conspectusacerdotum et iudicum qui fuerint in diebus illis

19:18
cumque diligentissime perscrutantes invenerint falsumtestem dixisse contra fratrem suum mendacium

19:19
reddent ei sicut fratri suo facere cogitavit et auferesmalum de medio tui

19:20
ut audientes ceteri timorem habeant et nequaquam taliaaudeant facere

19:21
non misereberis eius sed animam pro anima oculum pro oculodentem pro dente manum pro manu pedem pro pede exiges

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019:001
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;

019:002
Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

019:003
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.

019:004
And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

019:005
As when a man goeth into the wood 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, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

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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.

019:007
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

019:008
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;

019:009
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:

019:010
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.

019:011
But if any man hate his neighbor, 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:

019:012
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.

019:013
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.

019:014
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 the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

019:015
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.

019:016
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

019:017
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;

019:018
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

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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.

019:020
And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

019:021
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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