Book 05 : TORAH - DEVARIM (DEUTERONOMY) - Chapter 019
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a NAME="1">1 When HaShem thy G-d shall cut off the nations,
whose land HaShem thy G-d giveth thee, and thou dost succeed them, and dwell in
their cities, and in their houses
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thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of
thy land, which HaShem thy GOD giveth thee to possess it
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Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of
thy land, which HaShem thy G-d causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that
every manslayer may flee thither
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And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee
thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in
time past
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as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbour 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 neighbour, that he die;
he shall flee unto one of these cities and live
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lest 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 deserving of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time
past
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Wherefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt separate
three cities for thee.
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And if HaShem thy G-d enlarge thy border, as He hath sworn
unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which He promised to give unto thy
fathers-
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if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I
command thee this day, to love HaShem thy G-d, and to walk ever in His
ways--then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three
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that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land,
which HaShem thy G-d giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee
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But if any 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
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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
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Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the
blood of the innocent from Israel, that it may go well with thee
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Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they
of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land
that HaShem thy G-d giveth thee to possess it
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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 a matter be establishmen
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If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to bear
perverted witness against him
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then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall
stand before HaShem, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those
days
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And the judges shall inquire diligently; 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 purposed to do unto
his brother; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee
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And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall
henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee
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And thine eye shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye,
tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot
Book 05 : TORAH - DEVARIM (DEUTERONOMY) - Chapter 019
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