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Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 19

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Deuteronomy 19 NASB - New American Standard BibleDeuteronomy 19 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 19 of Deuteronomy—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ “1When the LORD your God cuts off the nations, whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and in their houses,
  2. 2you shall set aside three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to [a]possess.
  3. You shall prepare the [b]roads for yourself, and divide into three parts the territory of your land which the LORD your God will give you as a possession, [c]so that any manslayer may flee there.
  4. ¶ “3Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: when he [d]kills his friend [e]unintentionally, [f]not hating him previously—
  5. as when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand [g]swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the [h]handle and [i]strikes his friend so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live;
  6. otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer [j]in the heat of his anger, and overtake him, because the way is long, and [k]take his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.
  7. Therefore, I command you, saying, ‘You shall set aside three cities for yourself.’
  8. ¶ “If the LORD your God 4enlarges your territory, just as He has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He [l]promised to give your fathers—
  9. if you [m]carefully observe all this commandment which I command you today, 5to love the LORD your God, and to walk in His ways always—6then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three.
  10. So innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and 7bloodguiltiness be on you.
  11. ¶ “But 8if there is a man who hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and rises up against him and strikes [n]him so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities,
  12. then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
  13. [o]9You shall not pity him, but 10you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel, that it may go well with you.
  14. ¶ “11You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to [p]possess.
  15. ¶ “12A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin [q]which he has committed; on the [r]evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.
  16. 13If a malicious witness rises up against a man to [s]accuse him of [t]wrongdoing,
  17. then both the men who have the dispute shall stand 14before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days.
  18. The judges 15shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has [u]accused his brother falsely,
  19. then 16you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.
  20. 17The rest will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such an evil thing among you.
  21. Thus [v]18you shall not show pity: 19life for life, 20eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit possess it
  2. ^ Lit road
  3. ^ Lit and it shall be for every manslayer to flee there
  4. ^ Lit smites
  5. ^ Lit without knowledge
  6. ^ Lit and he was not hating him previously
  7. ^ Lit is thrust with
  8. ^ Lit wood
  9. ^ Lit finds
  10. ^ Lit while his heart is hot
  11. ^ Lit smite him in the soul
  12. ^ Lit spoke
  13. ^ Lit keep...to do it
  14. ^ Lit him in the soul
  15. ^ Lit Your eye
  16. ^ Lit possess it
  17. ^ Lit in any sin, which he sins
  18. ^ Lit mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three
  19. ^ Lit testify against
  20. ^ Lit turning aside
  21. ^ Lit testified against
  22. ^ Lit your eye

REFERENCES

  1. ^ De 6:10, 11
  2. ^ De 4:41; Jos 20:2
  3. ^ Nu 35:9-34
  4. ^ Ge 15:18
  5. ^ De 6:5
  6. ^ Jos 20:7
  7. ^ Nu 35:33; De 21:1-9
  8. ^ Ex 21:12; Nu 35:16; 1Jo 3:15
  9. ^ De 7:2
  10. ^ 1Ki 2:31
  11. ^ De 27:17; Jb 24:2; Pr 22:28; Ho 5:10
  12. ^ Nu 35:30; De 17:6; Mt 18:16; Jn 8:17; 2Co 13:1; 1Ti 5:19; Heb 10:28
  13. ^ Ex 23:1; Ps 27:12
  14. ^ De 17:9
  15. ^ De 25:1
  16. ^ Pr 19:5
  17. ^ De 17:13; 21:21
  18. ^ De 19:13
  19. ^ Ex 21:23; Le 24:20
  20. ^ Mt 5:38

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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