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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 19:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 19:6 |
Strong Concordance |
Lest the avenger [01350] of the blood [01818] pursue [07291] the slayer [0310] [07523], while [03588] his heart [03824] is hot [03179], and overtake [05381] him, because the way [01870] is long [07235], and slay [05221] him [05315]; whereas he was not worthy [04941] of death [04194], inasmuch as [03588] he hated [08130] him not in time [08543] past [08032]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot--This verse is a continuation of Deu 19:3 (for Deu 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 law tolerated such an act; it was to pass with impunity. But to prevent such precipitate measures, the cities of refuge were established for the reception of the homicide, that "innocent blood might not be shed in thy land" (Deu 19:10). In the case of premeditated murder (Deu 19:11-12), they afforded no immunity; but, if it were only manslaughter, the moment the fugitive was within the gates, he found himself in a safe asylum (Num 35:26-28; Jos 20:6). |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
avenger
Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type).
(See Scofield) - (Isa 59:20). |
6 And he shall dwell [03427] in that city [05892], until he stand [05975] before [06440] the congregation [05712] for judgment [04941], and until the death [04194] of the high [01419] priest [03548] that [0834] shall be in those days [03117]: then shall the slayer [07523] return [07725], and come [0935] unto his own city [05892], and unto his own house [01004], unto the city [05892] from whence he fled [05127].
26 But if the slayer [07523] shall at any time [03318] come [03318] without the border [01366] of the city [05892] of his refuge [04733], whither he was fled [05127];
27 And the revenger [01350] of blood [01818] find [04672] him without [02351] the borders [01366] of the city [05892] of his refuge [04733], and the revenger [01350] of blood [01818] kill [07523] the slayer [07523]; he shall not be guilty of blood [01818]:
28 Because he should have remained [03427] in the city [05892] of his refuge [04733] until the death [04194] of the high [01419] priest [03548]: but after [0310] the death [04194] of the high [01419] priest [03548] the slayer [07523] shall return [07725] into the land [0776] of his possession [0272].
11 But if any man [0376] hate [08130] his neighbour [07453], and lie in wait [0693] for him, and rise up [06965] against him, and smite [05221] him mortally [05315] that he die [04191], and fleeth [05127] into one [0259] of these [0411] cities [05892]:
12 Then the elders [02205] of his city [05892] shall send [07971] and fetch [03947] him thence, and deliver [05414] him into the hand [03027] of the avenger [01350] of blood [01818], that he may die [04191].
10 That innocent [05355] blood [01818] be not shed [08210] in [07130] thy land [0776], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee for an inheritance [05159], and so blood [01818] be upon thee.
4 And this is the case [01697] of the slayer [07523], which shall flee [05127] thither, that he may live [02425]: Whoso killeth [05221] his neighbour [07453] ignorantly [01097] [01847], whom he hated [08130] not in time [08543] past [08032];
5 As when a man goeth [0935] into the wood [03293] with his neighbour [07453] to hew [02404] wood [06086], and his hand [03027] fetcheth a stroke [05080] with the axe [01631] to cut down [03772] the tree [06086], and the head [01270] slippeth [05394] from the helve [06086], and lighteth [04672] upon his neighbour [07453], that he die [04191]; he shall flee [05127] unto one [0259] of those cities [05892], and live [02425]:
3 Thou shalt prepare [03559] thee a way [01870], and divide the coasts [01366] of thy land [0776], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth thee to inherit [05157], into three parts [08027], that every slayer [07523] may flee [05127] thither.
20 And the Redeemer [01350] shall come [0935] to Zion [06726], and unto them that turn [07725] from transgression [06588] in Jacob [03290], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].