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Deuteronomy Chapter 19

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Refuge cities

19:1 When YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your El Haiאלהי
“Living El” (EL=God) For more info click here
has cut off the nations, whose land YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your El Haiאלהי
“Living El” (EL=God) For more info click here
gives y’all , and you succeeds them, and dwells in their cities, and in their houses ;
19:2 You will separate three cities for y’all in the middle of your land, which your El Haiאלהי
“Living El” (EL=God) For more info click here
gives y’all to possess it.
19:3 You will prepare y’all a way, and divide the coasts of your land, which YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your El Haiאלהי
“Living El” (EL=God) For more info click here
gives y’all to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee there.
19:4 And this [is] the case of the slayer, which shall flee there, that he may live Who kills his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past ;
19:5 As when a man goes into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle of the tool, and lights upon his neighbor, that he die ; he shall flee to one of those cities, and live
19:6 Unless the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him; whereas he [was] not worthy of death, considering that he didn’t hate him in the past.
19:7 Wherefore I command y’all , saying, You will separate three cities for y’all .
19:8 And if YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your El Haiאלהי
“Living El” (EL=God) For more info click here
enlarge your coast, as he has sworn to your fathers, and give y’all all the land which he promised to give to your fathers ;
19:9 If you will keep all these commandments to do them, which I command y’all today, to love YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your El Haiאלהי
“Living El” (EL=God) For more info click here
, and to walk ever in his ways ; then will you add three cities more for y’all , beside these three
19:10 That innocent blood be not shed in your land, which YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your El Haiאלהי
“Living El” (EL=God) For more info click here
gives y’all [for] an inheritance, and [so] blood be upon y’all.
19:11 But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and strike him mortally that he die, and flees into one of these cities
19:12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
19:13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you will put away [the guilt of] innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with y’all .

Landmarks

19:14 You will not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set in your inheritance, which you will inherit in the land that YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your El Haiאלהי
“Living El” (EL=God) For more info click here
gives y’all to possess it.

Witnesses

19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
19:16 If a false witness rises up against any man to testify against him [that which is] wrong ;
19:17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy [is], shall stand before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days ;
19:18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition and, behold, [if] the witness [be] a false witness, [and] has testified falsely against his brother ;
19:19 Then shall y’all do to him, as he had thought to have done to his brother so will you put the evil away from among you.
19:20 And those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall from that time on commit no more any such evil among you.
19:21 And your 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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