ap. XIX: Hh | > W:11 inftra& him what to ſay, reveal my ſelf and my Wullto Re He will faichfully execute the office and truſt I commut to
him. ;
; 19 And it ſhall come to pals, that whoſoever will not hearken unto my words which be ſhall ſpeak in my Name, I will require it of him g. | |
d (5. e.) I will puniſh him ſeverely for it, as this phraſe is taken, Gen. 9. 5. and 42. 22. The fad ef:& of this threatning the Jews have felt for above 1600 years together. hap. 20 Burt * the prophet which ſhall preſume to ſpeak a
.5- word in my Name, which I have not commanded to 1:14:14 ſpeak,or that ſhall ſpeak in the name of-other gods,even 2-3. That prophet ſhall die.
#3 _ 2r Andif thouſay in thine heart, How ſhall we know
DEUTERONOM YT.
the word which the LORD hath not ſpoken ? Jer: 22 * When a prophet ſpeaketh in the Name of the :9 LORD, if the thing e follow not, nor come to paſs, | that is the thing which the LORD hath not ſpoken f, but the prophet hath ſpoken 1t preſumptuouſly g : thou ſhale not be afraid of him 6 : |
& Which he gives as a fign of the truth of his prophecy ; He means the predi&ion of ſome ſtrange and wonderful event, as ap- pears by comparing this with Dent. 13: 1, 2. f The falſhood of hs prediQtion ſhews him to be a falſe prophet, though the truth and accompliſhment of his prediftion had nor proved him to be a true Prophet, as is evident Fon Deut. 13: 2, 3- 5 Impudently aſcribing his own vain and lying fancies to the God of truth. + (z. e.) Of his prediftions or threatnings, ſo as to be ſcared from doing thy duty in'bringing him to deſerved puniſhment.
CHAP. XIX.
cities of refuge, for him that killeth his neighbour igno- but he that hateth and killeth his neighbour, tho" fled I I-=-I3. Ne removing of old Land- 15. The puniſhment of falſe-wit-
The rehearſal of the rantly, 1-10. into one of theſe cities, muſt die, | marks, 14. The number of witneſſes,
Chap. oo
I06---21. WH the LORD thy God * hath cut off the na- "tg tions, whoſe land the LORD thy God giveth Heb: thee, and thou # ſucceedeſt them, and dwellelſt in cheir anheriteſt. cities, and in their houſes :
-y Fel - 2 * Thou ſhalt ſeparate three cities for thee in the x00: mid of thy land , which the LORD thy God giveth
21: 13.
am- 35. thee to poſſeſs ir. ; To: II: a To wit, beyond Jordan, as there were three already appointed Toſh:20:2. on this fide Jordan, Numb. 35. 14. He ſaith, in the midſt of the land, either for, in the land, as in the midſt of the city, Jer. 52: 25: is the ſane with that, in the city, 2 Kings 25: 19. or to deſign the places, that they ſhould be ſituated in the midſt of the ſeveral parrs of their land, to which they might conveniently and ſpeedily flee from all the parts of the land. n
coaſts of thy land ( which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit ) into three parts c, that every ſlayer may flee thicher.
b Diſtinguiſh it by evident marks,and make it plain and conve- nient,: to prevent miſtakes and delays. c Not into more, becauſe it was fit that theſe places ſhould, as far as it was poſſhvle, be at ſome conſiderable diſtance from the friends of the lain perſon, leſt the ge of the manſlayer might have provocked their paſſion and occationed his ruine.
4 And this 5s the caſe of the ſlayer which hall flee thither, that he may live, whoſo killecth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not Þ 1n time paſt, * fromjeſter. 5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neigh- day the bour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a ſtroke with #hird 8. the ax to cut down the tree : and the + head ſlippeth
"* from che helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour that he die, he (ball flee unto one of thoſe cities, and live :
. 6'Left the avenger of blood purſue the ſlayer 9, while his heart” is hot, and overtake him, becauſe the way is Ing, and j ſlay him e ; whereas he was not worthy of death, inaſmuch as he hated him not Þ in time paſt.
4 This verſe is to be joyned with wer. 3: as is evident, the 4th and 5th verſes, coming in 2s a parentheſis, which is uſual, in Scrip- ture and other authors. e Which is ſuppoſed, but not allowed, as appears from the following words. But the avenger of blood is not to be puniſhed with death for killing the manſlayer in caſe he found him without the borders of the city of refuge after be had been received there, Numb. 35: 26, 27.-becauſe then he was guilty of a new crime, to wit, a contempt of Gods ordinance, and a groſs negle&-of the duty of ſelf preſervation, and therefore deſerved death from God, who might permit it to be inflicted by the aven- ger df blood. | |
7 Wherefore Icomtnand thee, ſaying, Thou ſbalt ſe- perate three cities for thee.
8 Andif the LORD thy God * enlarge thy coaſt f (as he hath ſworn unto thy fathers ) and give thee all the land which he promiſed co give unto thy fathers :
F As far as Ewphrates, See Gen: 15: 18. Exod. 23. 31. Dew. 1: 7, 9 ( If theu ſhalt keep all theſe commandments to do them, which I command thee this 'day, to love the *Joſ: LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways ) * then 2:7. (ſhalt thou add three cities moe for thee, belides theſe three : | bf To * To That innocent blood. be not ſhed in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheri- ' tance, and /e blood bs upba thee. li E
+ Heb:
zron. + Heb! woed. S ; _ t Heb: mite him #n ſoul. _— Je- fterday third day.
* Chap:
T2. 20.
hou ſhalt prepare thee a way b, and devide the
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| leſt he die in the battel, and another man dedicate it e.
Chap. XX,
1x But if any man hate his neighbour,and lie in wait
for him, and riſe up againft him, and ſmite him | mor- + ev, cally, that he die, and flieth into one of theſe cities #2 Jo. 12 Then the elders of his city g ſhall ſend, and fetch
him thence h, and deliver him into the hand of the a- venger of blood, that he may die.
g Either of the ſlain perſon, who were moſt likely to proſecute
the murderer : or, of the murderer,becauſe God would oblige even
his own fellow citizens to proſecute him to death, that it might appear how hateful murder and the murderer is to God and ought
to be to all men. þ Demand him of the Elders of the city of re-
fuge, who upon the hearing of the cauſe and the evidence of the murder were oblidged to deliver the offender to juſtice.
13 Thine eye thall-not pity him, bur thou ſhalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Iſrael, that it may g0 well with thee.