Deuteronomy 19:7
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
Deuteronomy 19:7 in other translations
| BSB | This is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities. |
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| WEB | Therefore I command you to set apart three cities for yourselves. |
| ASV | Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee. |
| YLT | therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Three cities thou dost separate to thee. |
| DARBY | Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thyself. |
| BBE | And so I am ordering you to see that three towns are marked out for this purpose. |
| Webster | Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. |
What does Deuteronomy 19:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 19:6-7
6-7. Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot--This verse is a continuation of De 19:3 (for De 19:4, 5, which are explanatory, are in a parenthetical form), and the meaning is that if the kinsman of a person inadvertently killed should, under the impulse of sudden excitement and without inquiring into the circumstances, inflict summary vengeance on the homicide, however guiltless, the…
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…
Deuteronomy 19:7 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Deuteronomy 19:6
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.
- Deuteronomy 19:7
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
- Deuteronomy 19:8
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;
Deuteronomy 19:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por tanto yo te mando, diciendo: Tres ciudades te apartarás. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | C’est pourquoi, je te commande, disant: Sépare-toi trois villes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Darum gebiete ich dir und sage: drei Städte sollst du dir aussondern. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Idcirco præcipio tibi, ut tres civitates æqualis inter se spatii dividas. |