Deuteronomy 19:8-20 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 19:8

And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast ,.... Extend it further than it was upon their first settlement, even carry it as far as the river Euphrates, as in the times of Solomon, 1 Kings 4:21 . Jarchi interprets it of such an enlargement as to give them the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites and Kadmonites: (as he hath sworn unto thy fathers), and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy, fathers : Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; see Genesis 15:19 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:9

If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day ,.... A phrase often met with before, and signifies the putting in practice the several laws, moral, ceremonial, and judicial, which Moses was now making a repetition of, and enjoining the observance of them by a divine authority: to love the Lord thy God ; which is the source and spring of genuine obedience to the commands of God: and to walk ever in his ways ; noting constancy and perseverance in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:10

That innocent blood be not shed ,.... As it would be if such a slayer as before described was killed by the avenger of blood, before he could get to one of these cities of refuge, or supposing that they had not bean appointed, or a sufficient number of them: which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance ; to be enjoyed by them and their children after them, provided they did not defile it by their sins, but observed the commands of the Lord to obey them and so blood be upon... 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

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 19:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:10

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

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