Deuteronomy, Chapter 19, King James Bible

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Deuteronomy, chapter nineteen. 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, Thou shalt separate three cities for THEE
in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy
God giveth THEE to possess it. Thou shalt prepare THEE

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away and divide the course of thy land, which the
Lord thy God giveth THEE to inherit, into three parts,
that every slayer may flee thither. And this is the
case of the slay, which shall flee thither, that he
may live, whoso killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hateth
not in time past, as when a man goeth into

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the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his
hand fetteth a stroke with the axe to cut down
the tree, and the head slippeth from the helm, and
lighteth upon his neighbor, that he die. He shall flee
unto one of those cities and live, lest the avenger
of the Blood pursue the slayer while his heart is
hot and overtake him. Because the way is long, and

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slay him, whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch
as he hated him not in time past. Wherefore I
command THEE, saying, thou shalt separate three cities for THEE.
And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as
he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give THEE all
the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers.

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If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them
which I command THEE this day, to love the Lord
thy God and to walk ever in his ways, then
shalt thou add three cities more for THEE beside these three,
that innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which
the Lord thy God giveth THEE for an inheritance, and

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so blood be upon THEE. But if any man hate
his neighbor 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, then the elders
of his city shall send and fetch him thence and
deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood,

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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. Thou
shalt not remove thy neighbor'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

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to possess it. 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. If a false witness rise up against
any man to testify against him that which is wrong,

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then both the men between whom the controversy is shall
stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges,
which shall be in those days, and the judges shall
make diligent inquisition. And behold, if the witness be of
false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother, then

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shall he do unto him as he had thought to
have done unto his brother. So shalt thou put the
evil away from among you, And those which remain shall
hear and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any
such evil among you, and thine eye shall not pity,
but life shall go for life. Aye for eye, tooth

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for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,