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Deuteronomy 19:13

Justice

11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
KJV
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
WEB
Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with you.
ASV
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
DARBY
Thine eye shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee.
BLB
Your eye shall not pity him, and you shall put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
ÅB
Du skal ikke spare ham, men du skal rense Israel for uskyldig blod, for at det må gå deg vel.
OTB
Vis ingen medlidenhet. Du må rense Israel for skyld i uskyldig blodutgytelse, så det kan gå deg vel.
B1930
Du skal ikke spare ham, men du skal rense Israel for uskyldig blod, forat det må gå dig vel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 2:31

    And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:2

    And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

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  • Deuteronomy 21:9

    So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:16

    And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:1

    Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

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  • Numbers 35:33–34

    So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

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  • Genesis 9:6

    Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

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  • Ezekiel 16:5

    None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

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