“But if there is a person who hates his neighbor, and waits in ambush for him and rises up against him and strikes him so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities,

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

This and the next two chapters contain enactments designed to protect human life, and to impress its sanctity on Israel.

In Deuteronomy 19:1

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Deuteronomy 19:1–13. THE CITIES OF REFUGE.

(See for more on this subject, Numbers 35:9 and following…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

But if any man hate his neighbour
Has conceived enmity in his heart against him, bears him a mortal hatred, and has …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here is the law settled between the blood of the murdered and the blood of the murderer; provision is made that the cities of refuge should be a pr…