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A Law for Settled Life
Commentators note that this verse acts as a preface, establishing that the following laws about cities of refuge are not for the wilderness wandering but for when Israel has conquered and settled in the Promised Land. God provides laws tailored to the specific circumstances of His people's lives.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 19:1–13
18th Century
Theologian
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
On Deuteronomy 19:1–13
19th Century
Bishop
Deuteronomy 19:1–13. THE CITIES OF REFUGE.
(See for more on this subject, Numbers 35:9 and following…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 19:1
16th Century
Theologian
When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations. Moses repeats the same precepts which we have just been considering: that, regarding murde…
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John Gill
On Deuteronomy 19:1
17th Century
Pastor
When the Lord your God has cut off the nations whose land the
Lord your God gives you
…
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 19:1–13
17th Century
Minister
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…