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that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you.
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A Community's Responsibility
Commentators explain that the guilt for shedding the 'innocent blood' of an accidental killer would fall upon the entire community, not just the avenger. This was because the community was responsible for providing and maintaining accessible cities of refuge. This highlights a principle of corporate responsibility for justice.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This and the next two chapters contain enactments designed to protect human life, and to impress its sanctity on Israel.
In Deuteronomy 19:1…
19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 19:1–13. THE CITIES OF REFUGE.
(See for more on this subject, Numbers 35:9 and following…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That innocent blood be not shed As it would be if such a slayer as before described was killed by the avenger of blo…
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