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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Deuteronomy 19 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/deuteronomy/19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/deuteronomy/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Deuteronomy 19</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../deuteronomy/18.htm" title="Deuteronomy 18">◄</a> Deuteronomy 19 <a href="../deuteronomy/20.htm" title="Deuteronomy 20">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/deuteronomy/19.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Cities of Refuge</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“When the LORD your God destroys those nations whose lands he<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:1 Lit. the LORD your God ">a</a></span> is about to give you, you must dispossess them and live in their cities and houses. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>You must reserve<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:2 Or set apart">b</a></span> three cities within the land that the LORD your God is about to give you to possess. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Build roads throughout the land that the LORD your God is providing as an inheritance, and then divide it into three districts so that any killer may flee there.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Now this is the situation for any killer who flees there to live: suppose he strikes his friend unwittingly, not having hated him previously. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For instance,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:5 The Heb. lacks for instance">c</a></span> he may have accompanied his friend to go to a forest to cut trees. Then he swung his axe to cut some wood, but the ax head flew off the handle<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:5 Lit. tree">d</a></span> and hit<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:5 Lit. found">e</a></span> his friend, so that he died. The killer<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:5 The Heb. lacks the killer">f</a></span> may flee to one of these cities to live. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>While the distance may be great and the angry avenger pursues the killer, he may overtake him and kill him, in which case there will be no justice in his death, because he did not hate his friend<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:6 Lit. hate him">g</a></span> previously. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore I am commanding you to reserve<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:7 Or set apart">h</a></span> three cities.”</p> <p class="heading">Increase the Cities of Refuge</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Now if the LORD enlarges your territories just as he promised your ancestors and gives you all the land that he promised,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:8 Lit. promised to give your ancestors">i</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and if you are careful to observe all these commands that I am commanding you today—to love the LORD your God and to walk daily in his ways—then add three more cities in addition to these three cities. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You must not shed innocent blood on your land that the LORD your God is about to give you as an inheritance. Otherwise, you’ll be guilty of murder.”</p> <p class="heading">Refuse Cold-Blooded Murderers</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“However, if a person hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, and attacks him so that he dies, and then he flees to one of those cities, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>then the elders of his own city shall send for him, remove him from there, and deliver him to the related avenger for execution. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Have no pity on him, but totally purge the shedding of innocent blood from Israel so that life may go well with you.”</p> <p class="heading">Boundary Markers</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“When you inherit the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, don’t move your neighbor’s boundary marker from where it was placed long ago.”</p> <p class="heading">Laws about Witnesses</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“The testimony of one person alone is not to suffice to convict anyone of any iniquity, sin, or guilt. But the matter will stand on the testimony of two or three witnesses. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When a malicious witness takes the stand<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:16 Lit. witness stands">j</a></span> against a man and accuses him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>then both must stand with their dispute in the LORD’s presence, the priests, and the judges at that time. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The judges will investigate thoroughly. If the false witness lies in testifying against his relative, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>do to him just as he intended to do to his relative. By doing this you will purge evil from your midst. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>When others hear of this, they will be afraid and will not do such an evil deed again in your midst. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Your eyes must not show pity—life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 19:1 Lit. <i>the LORD your God </i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 19:2 Or <i>set apart</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 19:5 The Heb. lacks <i>for instance</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 19:5 Lit. <i>tree</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 19:5 Lit. <i>found</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 19:5 The Heb. lacks <i>the killer</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 19:6 Lit. <i>hate him</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 19:7 Or <i>set apart</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 19:8 Lit. <i>promised to give your ancestors</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 19:16 Lit. <i>witness stands</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../deuteronomy/18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Deuteronomy 18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Deuteronomy 18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../deuteronomy/20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Deuteronomy 20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Deuteronomy 20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/deuteronomy/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>