Deuteronomy 19:5 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NKJV | Scripture Spot

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as when a man goes to the woods with his neighbor to cut timber, and his hand swings a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—he shall flee to one of these cities and live;

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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

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

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

As when a man goes into the wood with his neighbour to cut
wood
A wood is a place com…

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…