KJV King James Version
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
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Deuteronomy 19:11
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
WEB World English Bible
But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;
ASV American Standard Version
But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him—the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto one of these cities,
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 19
8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance, and [so] blood be upon thee.
11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away [the guilt of] innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְכִֽי־H3588 · kiforיִהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beאִישׁ֙H376 · ishmanשֹׂנֵ֣אH8130 · sa.neto hateלְרֵעֵ֔הוּH7453 · re.aneighborוְאָ֤רַבH693 · a.ravto ambushלוֹ֙H9033 · ohimוְקָ֣םH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiעָלָ֔יוH5921 · aluponוְהִכָּ֥הוּH5221 · na.khahto smiteנֶ֖פֶשׁH5315 · ne.pheshsoulוָמֵ֑תH4191 · mutto dieוְנָ֕סH5127 · nusto fleeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אַחַ֖תH259 · e.chadoneהֶעָרִ֥יםH5892 · irexcitementהָאֵֽל׃H411 · elthese
Cross-references
Numbers 35:16-21And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.Deuteronomy 27:24Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.Numbers 35:24Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:Exodus 21:12-14He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.Proverbs 28:17A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.Genesis 9:6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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