Deuteronomy 19:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 19

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

²Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

Deuteronomy 19:2 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← Deuteronomy 19:1 Deuteronomy 19:3 →

Original word meaning

— of 9

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 21:13
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Joshua 20:2-7
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: …
Numbers 35:10-15
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; …
Deuteronomy 4:41-43
Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; …
Hebrews 6:18
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Topics

Avenger of Blood Commandments Crime Fratricide Homicide Killing Life Malice

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-13)

It was one of the precepts given to the sons of Noah that whoso sheddeth man’s blood by man shall his blood be shed, that is, by the avenger of blood, Gen. 9:6. Now here we have the law settled between blood and blood, between the blood of the murdered and the blood of the murderer, and effectual provision made, I. That the cities of refuge should be a protection to him that slew another casually,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

De 19:1-13. Of the Cities of Refuge. 2. Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land--Goelism, or the duty of the nearest kinsmen to avenge the death of a slaughtered relative, being the customary law of that age (as it still is among the Arabs and other people of the East), Moses incorporated it in an improved form with his legislative code. For the protection of the uninten…