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cuts off the nations whose land the LORD your God is giving you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land the LORD your God is giving you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When the LORD your God cuts off the nations whose land the LORD your God is giving you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and in their houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220When the LORD your God cuts off the nations, whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and in their houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“When the LORD your God cuts off the nations, whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and in their houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations, whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and in their houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“When the LORD your God cuts off (destroys) the nations whose land He is giving you, and you dispossess them and live in their cities and in their houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When the LORD your God annihilates the nations whose land he is giving you, so that you drive them out and live in their cities and houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the LORD your God annihilates the nations whose land He is giving you, so that you drive them out and live in their cities and houses, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Soon you will go into the land and attack the nations. The LORD your God will destroy them and give you their lands, towns, and homes. Then after you are settled, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD your God will destroy all the nations that are living in the land that he's giving you. You will force them out and live in their cities and houses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"After the LORD your God has destroyed the people whose land he is giving you and after you have taken their cities and houses and settled there, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"When the LORD your God destroys those nations whose lands he is about to give you, you must dispossess them and live in their cities and houses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When the LORD your God destroys the nations whose land he is about to give you and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When the LORD your God shall cut off the nations, whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“When your God YHWH cuts off the nations whose land your God YHWH is giving to you, and you have dispossessed them, and dwelt in their cities and in their houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and thou hast succeeded them, and dwelt in their cities, and in their houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations which Jehovah thy God gave to thee their land, and thou didst possess and dwell in their cities, and in their houses;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When the Lord thy God hath destroyed the nations, whose land he will deliver to thee, and thou shalt possess it, and shalt dwell in the cities and houses thereof : <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“When the Lord your God will have destroyed the nations, whose land he will deliver to you, and when you possess it and live in its cities and buildings,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When the LORD, your God, cuts down the nations whose land the LORD, your God, is giving you, and you have dispossessed them and settled in their cities and houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land the LORD your God is giving you, and you have dispossessed them and settled in their towns and in their houses,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />WHEN the LORD your God has destroyed the nations whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you shall possess them and dwell in their cities, and in their houses;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />"And when LORD JEHOVAH your God destroys the nations whose land LORD JEHOVAH your God gave to you, and you will possess them and you will dwell in their towns and in their houses;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou dost succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And when the Lord thy God shall have destroyed the nations, which God gives thee, <i>even</i> the land, and ye shall inherit them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=5257" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/19.htm">Cities of Refuge</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">When</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: yaḵ·rîṯ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">has cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">whose land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">He</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God"></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nō·ṯên (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">is giving</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: wî·riš·tām (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms:: 3mp) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">and when you have driven them out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: wə·yā·šaḇ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">and settled</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ḇə·‘ā·rê·hem (Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">in their cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ū·ḇə·ḇāt·tê·hem (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">and houses,</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/20-1.htm">Joshua 20:1-9</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Joshua, / “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, / so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/35-9.htm">Numbers 35:9-15</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, / “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, / designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/21-13.htm">Exodus 21:13</a></span><br />If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm">Deuteronomy 4:41-43</a></span><br />Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east / to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities: / Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/21-13.htm">Joshua 21:13-38</a></span><br />So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah, / Jattir, Eshtemoa, / Holon, Debir, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-8.htm">2 Kings 21:8</a></span><br />I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Acts 13:19</a></span><br />And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a></span><br />And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55</a></span><br />He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-22.htm">Nehemiah 9:22-24</a></span><br />You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan. / You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess. / So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-26.htm">Acts 17:26</a></span><br />From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/23-4.htm">Joshua 23:4-5</a></span><br />See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea. / The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-6.htm">Judges 2:6</a></span><br />After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54-81</a></span><br />Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them: / They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands. / But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When the LORD your God has cut off the nations, whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses;</p><p class="hdg">hath cut</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/6-10.htm">Deuteronomy 6:10</a></b></br> And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1,2</a></b></br> When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-1.htm">Deuteronomy 12:1,29</a></b></br> These <i>are</i> the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/12-29.htm">Deuteronomy 12:29</a></b></br> When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/18-6.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-4.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-1.htm">Cuts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-30.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-23.htm">Dispossessed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-29.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-14.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-29.htm">Dwellest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-29.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-8.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-10.htm">Settle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-14.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/numbers/14-41.htm">Succeed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-6.htm">Succeeded</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-29.htm">Succeedest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-6.htm">Towns</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/19-2.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-5.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-11.htm">Cuts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-3.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/joshua/13-12.htm">Dispossessed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-1.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-16.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-1.htm">Dwellest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-13.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/joshua/9-12.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-1.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/judges/18-1.htm">Settle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-5.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-6.htm">Succeed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-1.htm">Succeeded</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-29.htm">Succeedest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-2.htm">Towns</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">The cities of refuge</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-4.htm">The privilege thereof for the manslayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-14.htm">The landmark is not to be removed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-15.htm">At least two witnesses are required</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-16.htm">the punishment of a false witness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "cutting off" of nations indicates God's judgment against the Canaanites due to their idolatry and immorality, as seen in <a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a>. It underscores the belief that God is actively involved in the affairs of nations and fulfills His promises to Israel, as initially given to Abraham in <a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>.<p><b>whose land He is giving you</b><br>This highlights the fulfillment of God's covenant promise to the patriarchs, particularly Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give their descendants the land of Canaan (<a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a>). It emphasizes the concept of the Promised Land, a central theme in the Old Testament, symbolizing God's faithfulness and the inheritance of His people. The land is a gift from God, not earned by Israel's merit, reflecting grace.<p><b>and when you have driven them out</b><br>The driving out of the nations is a command for Israel to act in obedience to God's directive. It involves both divine assistance and human responsibility. This action is part of the holy war concept, where Israel is to be an instrument of God's judgment. It also serves as a warning against the influence of pagan practices, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-5</a>, which could lead Israel away from their covenant relationship with God.<p><b>and settled in their cities and houses</b><br>This phrase indicates the transition from nomadic life in the wilderness to a settled existence in Canaan. It reflects the fulfillment of God's promise of rest and stability for His people (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-10.htm">Deuteronomy 12:10</a>). The cities and houses represent the tangible blessings of the covenant, providing security and prosperity. This settlement also foreshadows the ultimate rest and inheritance believers find in Christ, as discussed in <a href="/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8-10</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is actively involved in the history and destiny of His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are being led into the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a></b><br>The inhabitants of the land that God is giving to the Israelites, who are to be driven out.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to Abraham and his descendants.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/cities_and_houses.htm">Cities and Houses</a></b><br>The established settlements in the Promised Land that the Israelites will inhabit after driving out the nations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_faithfulness.htm">God's Sovereignty and Faithfulness</a></b><br>God is sovereign over nations and history. His promises are sure, and He is faithful to fulfill them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_trust.htm">Obedience and Trust</a></b><br>The Israelites are called to trust in God's plan and obey His commands as they enter the land. This requires faith and action.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were to drive out the nations, believers are called to actively resist sin and spiritual opposition in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/inheritance_and_rest.htm">Inheritance and Rest</a></b><br>The Promised Land is a type of the spiritual inheritance and rest that believers have in Christ. We are called to live in the fullness of this inheritance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_stewardship.htm">Community and Stewardship</a></b><br>As the Israelites settle in the land, they are to establish a community that honors God. Believers are called to build communities that reflect God's kingdom values.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_reverence_for_god_mean.htm">What defines the practice of sun worship?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_allow_a_'blood_avenger'_for_accidents.htm">Deuteronomy 19:6: Why would God allow a “blood avenger” to pursue someone innocent of intentional murder, and where is this justice in historical context?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_joshua_20_1-6_align_with_mosaic_laws.htm">How does the system of protection for manslaughter in Joshua 20:1–6 align or conflict with other Mosaic laws on homicide and justice? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/purpose_of_biblical_cities_of_refuge.htm">What were the biblical Cities of Refuge for?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div><a href="/context/deuteronomy/19-1.htm" title="When the LORD your God has cut off the nations, whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses;">Deuteronomy 19:1-13</a>. <span class= "bld">THE CITIES OF REFUGE.</span><p>(See for more on this subject, <a href="/numbers/35-9.htm" title="And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,">Numbers 35:9</a>, &c.; Joshua 20)<p>(1) <span class= "bld">When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations.</span>--We find that the three cities of refuge on the west of Jordan were appointed by Joshua after the conquest (Joshua 20). The first three on the east of Jordan, namely, Bezer, Ramoth-Gilead, and Golan, had already been selected by Moses (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm" title="Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sun rise;">Deuteronomy 4:41</a>, &c), but Joshua assigned them to their Levitical possessors.<p>(3) <span class= "bld">Thou shalt prepare thee a way.</span>--Upon this phrase Rashi remarks (from the Talmud) that <span class= "ital">"Miklot! Miklot </span>('Refuge! Refuge!') was written up at the parting of the ways."<p><span class= "bld">Divide the coasts of thy land . . . into three parts.</span>--So that no part of the country might be too far from any of the cities of refuge.<p>(5) <span class= "bld">As when a man goeth into the wood.</span>--An obvious instance.<p>(6) <span class= "bld">The avenger of the blood.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">the redeemer of the blood. </span>The Hebrew, <span class= "ital">gooel </span>stands for all the three words, "redeemer," "avenger," "kinsman." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 1-13.</span> - Moses had before this enunciated the law concerning cities of refuge for manslayers, and had already pointed out the cities on the east of the Jordan that were to be set apart for this (<a href="/numbers/35-11.htm">Numbers 35:11</a>, etc.; <a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm">Deuteronomy 4:41</a>, etc.), he here repeats the law with special reference to the appointment of such cities "in the midst of the land," on the west of the Jordan, in Canaan itself; and he supplements the instructions formerly given with directions as to the maintenance of roads to the cities of refuge, and as to the division of the land, so that there should be a city of refuge in every third of the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has cut off</span><br /><span class="heb">יַכְרִ֞ית</span> <span class="translit">(yaḵ·rîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגּוֹיִ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whose land</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְצָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ṣām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is giving you,</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹתֵ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(nō·ṯên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that you drive them out</span><br /><span class="heb">וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֕ם</span> <span class="translit">(wî·riš·tām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and settle</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֥</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·šaḇ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in their cities</span><br /><span class="heb">בְעָרֵיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·‘ā·rê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and houses,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְבָתֵּיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ḇāt·tê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Deuteronomy 19:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Deuteronomy 19:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Deuteronomy 19:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Deuteronomy 19:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Deuteronomy 19:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Deuteronomy 19:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Deuteronomy 19:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Deuteronomy 19:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Deuteronomy 19:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Deuteronomy 19:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 19:1 When Yahweh your God shall cut off (Deut. 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