Deuteronomy 19 · Verse 10

Deuteronomy 19:10

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.
Deuteronomy 19:10, King James Version

Deuteronomy 19:10 in other translations

BSBThus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
WEBThis is so that innocent blood will not be shed in the middle of your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, leaving blood guilt on you.
ASVthat innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
YLTand 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.
DARBYthat innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and blood come not upon thee.
BBESo that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.
WebsterThat innocent blood may not be shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

What does Deuteronomy 19:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 19:1-13

Chapter Outline The cities of refuge, The man-slayer, The murderer. (1-13) Landmarks not to be removed. (14) The punishment of false witnesses. (15-21) Verses 1-13 Here is the law settled between the blood of the murdered, and the blood of the murderer; provision is made, that the cities of refuge should be a protection, so that a man should not die for that as a crime, which was not his willing act. In Christ, the…

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Deuteronomy 19:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808
יִשָּׁפֵךְ֙yi.sha.feKhit will be shedH8210
דָּ֣םdambloodH1818
נָקִ֔יna.KiinnocentH5355
בְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revin [the] midst ofH7130
אַרְצְךָ֔'ar.tze.Khaland yourH776
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
נֹתֵ֥ןno.Ten[is] about to giveH5414
לְךָ֖le.Khato <the> you
נַחֲלָ֑הna.cha.Lahan inheritanceH5159
וְהָיָ֥הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
עָלֶ֖יךָ'a.Lei.khaon youH5921
דָּמִֽים\׃\ \סda.Mimblood<s>H1818

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 19:10

  • Isaiah 59:7

    Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

  • Proverbs 6:17

    A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

  • Matthew 27:4-5

    Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

  • Jonah 1:14

    Wherefore they cried unto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.

  • 1 Kings 2:31

    And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

  • 2 Kings 24:4

    And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.

  • Deuteronomy 21:1-9

    If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley: …

  • Jeremiah 7:6-7

    If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

  • Joel 3:19

    Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

  • 2 Kings 21:16

    Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 19:13

    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.

  • Numbers 35:33

    So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

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13; 21:8; 1Ki 2:31; 2Ki 21:16; 24:4; Ps 94:21; Pr 6:17; Isa 59:7
Jer 7:6,7; Joe 3:19; Jon 1:14; Mt 27:4,5

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 19:9

    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:

  • Deuteronomy 19:10

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 19:11

    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 fleeth into one of these cities:

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Deuteronomy 19:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque no sea derramada sangre inocente en medio de tu tierra, que Jehová tu Dios te da por heredad, y sea sobre ti sangre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
afin que le sang innocent ne soit pas versé au milieu de ton pays, que l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne en héritage, et qu’ainsi le sang ne soit pas sur toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
damit nicht unschuldiges Blut vergossen werde inmitten deines Landes, das Jehova, dein Gott, dir als Erbteil gibt, und Blutschuld auf dir sei. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ut non effundatur sanguis innoxius in medio terræ, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi possidendam, ne sis sanguinis reus.