Deuteronomy:19:1-14

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ylt @Deuteronomy:19:1 @'When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations , whose land Jehovah thy God is giving to thee , and thou hast succeeded them , and dwelt in their cities , and in their houses , ylt @Deuteronomy:19:2 @three cities thou dost separate for thee in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it . ylt @Deuteronomy:19:3 @Thou dost prepare for thee the way , and hast divided into three parts the border of thy land which Jehovah thy God doth cause thee to inherit , and it hath been for the fleeing thither of every man-slayer . ylt @Deuteronomy:19:4 @'And this [is ] the matter of the man-slayer who fleeth thither , and hath lived : He who smiteth his neighbour unknowingly , and is not hating him heretofore , ylt @Deuteronomy:19:5 @even he who cometh in with his neighbour into a forest to hew wood , and his hand hath driven with an axe to cut the tree , and the iron hath slipped from the wood , and hath met his neighbour , and he hath died -- he doth flee unto one of these cities , and hath lived , ylt @Deuteronomy:19:6 @lest the redeemer of blood pursue after the man-slayer when his heart is hot , and hath overtaken him (because the way is great ), and hath smitten him -- the life , and he hath no sentence of death , for he is not hating him heretofore ; ylt @Deuteronomy:19:7 @therefore I am commanding thee , saying , Three cities thou dost separate to thee . ylt @Deuteronomy:19:8 @'And if Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border , as He hath sworn to thy fathers , and hath given to thee all the land which He hath spoken to give to thy fathers -- ylt @Deuteronomy:19:9 @when thou keepest all this command to do it , which I am commanding thee to-day , to love Jehovah thy God , and to walk in His ways all the days -- then thou hast added to thee yet three cities to these three ; ylt @Deuteronomy:19:10 @and innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance , and there hath been upon thee blood . ylt @Deuteronomy:19:11 @'And when a man is hating his neighbour , and hath lain in wait for him , and risen against him , and smitten him -- the life , and he hath died , and he hath fled unto one of these cities , ylt @Deuteronomy:19:12 @then the elders of his city have sent and taken him from thence , and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood , and he hath died ; ylt @Deuteronomy:19:13 @thine eye hath no pity on him , and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel , and it is well with thee . ylt @Deuteronomy:19:14 @'Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour , which they of former times have made , in thine inheritance , which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it .

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