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lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn`t hate him in time past.
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A Law for the 'Hot Heart'
Commentators explain that this law is deeply practical, acknowledging human emotion. The phrase 'while his heart is hot' shows that God's law accounts for the intense, immediate anger of a grieving relative. The accessible cities of refuge were designed to prevent a rash act of vengeance against someone who was not legally deserving of death, allowing time for passions to cool and justice to be properly discerned.
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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
Lest the avenger of blood pursue the slayer These words are to be connected with (Deuteronomy 19:3), whe…
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