“ Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. ”
This and the next two chapters contain enactments designed to protect human life, and to impress its sanctity on Israel. In Deuteronomy 19:1-13 the directions respecting the preparation of the...
The cities of refuge (lit. of reception, Numbers 35:12 P) were in criminal law the substitute for the local, now disestablished, sanctuaries, each sanctuary in ancient times affording temporary pro...
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. No JFB commentary on this verse.
The Cities of Refuge. Punishment of Deceit and False Witness 1-13. On the Cities of Refuge see Numbers 35:9-34 and notes there.
Deuteronomy 19:1-13 . THE CITIES OF REFUGE. (See for more on this subject, Numbers 35:9 , &c.; Joshua 20 ) (1) When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations. — We find that the three ci...
THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE IT has often and justly been said that the life of Israel is so entirely founded on the grace and favor of God that no distinction is made between the secula...
Still with his mind on the fact that the people were coming into the land, Moses made further applications of the laws to the new conditions. His words now had to do with life and land and truth and...
It is beautiful to remark the rich provision of gospel mercies, not only for sins of notorious perverseness, but of ignorance. Alas! who can tell how oft he offendeth! But in JESUS; whom those cities...
Wherefore I command thee, saying, thou shalt separate three cities for thee. This was to be done immediately, as soon as they were settled in the land of Canaan, and established in the possession o...
CITIES OF REFUGE (vs.1-13) We have seen in Deuteronomy 4:41-43 that Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan as cities of refuge. Now Moses gives instructions to Israel that, when God sh...
The Cities of Refuge. B. C. 1451. 1 When the L ORD thy God hath cut off the nations, wh...
No text from Poole on this verse.
III. REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD ( Deuteronomy 19:1 to Deuteronomy 21:9 ). In this section the question of different ways of shedding blood is considered. Lying behind this sec...
CRITICAL NOTES .—This and the next two Chapter s contain enactments designed to protect human life, and to impress its sanctity on Israel.— Speak. Com . With Deuteronomy 19:1-10 cf . Exodus 21:...
Deuteronomy 19:14 . Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark. This prohibition was salutary in preserving the public peace; it also extended to the removal of the boundaries between the trib...
That every slayer may flee thither. Cities of refuge I. There are many, besides the murderer of Uriah, who have need to cry with him, “deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God.” 1. And, first...
EXPOSITION LAWS CONCERNING CITIES OF REFUGE . LANDMARKS NOT TO BE REMOVED . LAWS CONCERNING WITNESSES . Deuteronomy 19:1-5 Moses had before this enunciated the law c...
Regulations Concerning the Cities of Refuge
Deuteronomy 19:7