John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:11
But if any man hate his neighbour ,.... Has conceived enmity in his heart against him, bears him a mortal hatred, and has formed a scheme in his mind to take away his life: and lie in wait for him knowing and expecting he will come by in such a way at such a time: and rise up against him ; out of the place where he lay in wait, just at the time he is passing by: and smite him mortally that he die ; or smite him in soul or life F26 נפש , "anima", Montanus, Vatablus. ;... 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