Deuteronomy 19:12 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

In that case, the elders of the murderer’s hometown must send agents to the city of refuge to bring him back and hand him over to the dead person’s avenger to be put to death.

Commentaries

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

Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him from there ,
&c.] The Targum of Jonathan is,

``the wise …

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…