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Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
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Justice Purifies the Nation
Commentators explain that the command for strict justice against a murderer was not just about individual punishment. It was about purging the 'guilt of innocent blood' from the entire community. By upholding justice impartially, the nation would avoid corporate defilement and ensure God's continued blessing and well-being ('that it may go well with thee').
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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
Thine eye shall not pity him This is not said to the avenger of blood, who is not to be supposed to have any pity or…
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