John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:1
When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee ,.... The seven nations of the land of Canaan, whose destruction was of the Lord for their sins, and whose land was a gift of him that had a right to dispose of it to the children of Israel; see Deuteronomy 12:29 . and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses ; should possess their land in their stead, by virtue of the gift of it to them by the Lord, and inhabit their... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:1-13
It was one of the precepts given to the sons of Noah that whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed, that is, by the avenger of blood, Gen. 9:6. Now here we have the law settled between blood and blood, between the blood of the murdered and the blood of the murderer, and effectual provision made, I. That the cities of refuge should be a protection to him that slew another casually, so that he should not die for that as a crime which was not his voluntary act, but only his... read more