Deuteronomy 19:11-21 NIV

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14-21

Here is a statute for the preventing of frauds and perjuries; for the divine law takes care of men's rights and properties, and has made a hedge about them. Such a friend is it to human society and men's civil interest. I. A law against frauds, Deut. 19:14. 1. Here is an implicit direction given to the first planters of Canaan to fix land-marks, according to the distribution of the land to the several tribes and families by lot. Note, It is the will of God that every one should know his own,... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:12

Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence ,.... The Targum of Jonathan is,"the wise men of his city,'the sanhedrim, or court of judicature, or at least the civil magistrates of that city, to which such a murderer belonged, had a power to send to the city of refuge whither he was fled, and demand the delivering of him up to them, that his case might be tried before them, and it might appear whether he was a proper person to receive the benefit of the city of refuge or not,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:13

Thine eye shall not pity him ,.... This is not said to the avenger of blood, who is not to be supposed to have any pity or compassion on such a person, but to the elders, judges, and civil magistrates of the city to which he belonged, who took cognizance of his case; these were to show him no favour on account of his being a citizen, a neighbour, a relation or friend, or a rich man, or on any account whatever; but without favour or affection were to judge him and put him to death as a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14

Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark ,.... By which one man's land is distinguished from another; for so to do is to injure a man's property, and alienate his lands to the use of another, which must be a very great evil, and render those that do it obnoxious to a curse, Deuteronomy 27:17 . which they of old have set in thine inheritance, which thou shall inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it ; the land of Canaan: this is thought to refer to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:15

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth ,.... Whether capital sins, or pecuniary debts; or whatsoever sins a man may be guilty of whether sins against the first or second table of the law, whether greater or lesser sins, whether in moral or civil things; the Jews except only in the case of a woman suspected of adultery and of beheading the heifer: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:16

If a false witness rise up against any man ,.... In a court of judicature: to testify against him : that which is not true of him, let it be in what case it will; Aben Ezra instances in idolatry, but it holds good of any other. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:17

Then both the men between whom the controversy is ,.... The man that bears the false witness, and the man against whom it is borne: shall stand before the Lord ; as in the presence of him, the omniscient God, and as represented by judges and civil magistrates, whose vicegerents they are; so it seems to be explained in the next words, which are exegetical of these: before the priests and the judges which shall be in those days ; which shall compose the sanhedrim, or court of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:18

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition ,.... Into the case before them, into the nature of the evidence and proof that each witness brings for or against; so the Targum of Jonathan,"the judges shall interrogate the witness, by whom these things are said, well;'shall thoroughly examine the testimony given, and look carefully into it: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother ; it appears plainly by full evidence that he has... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:1-13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:18

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