De 19:3
19:3 Thou shalt {a} prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of
     thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit,
     into three parts, that every {b} slayer may flee thither.

     (a) Make an open and ready way.
     (b) Who killed against his will, and bore no hatred in his
         heart.

De 19:5
19:5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew
     wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut
     down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and
     lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he {c} shall flee
     unto one of those cities, and live:

     (c) That murder not be committed on murder.

De 19:8
19:8 And if the LORD thy God {d} enlarge thy coast, as he hath
     sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he
     promised to give unto thy fathers;

     (d) When you go over Jordan to possess the whole land of
         Canaan.

De 19:10
19:10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the
      LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance, and {e}
      [so] blood be upon thee.

      (e) Lest you be punished for innocent blood.

De 19:12
19:12 Then the {f} 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.

      (f) The magistrates.

De 19:13
19:13 Thine {g} eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away
      [the guilt of] innocent blood from Israel, that it may go
      well with thee.

      (g) Then whoever pardons murder, goes against the word of
          God.

De 19:17
19:17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy [is],
      shall stand before the {h} LORD, before the priests and
      the judges, which shall be in those days;

      (h) God's presence where his true ministers are assembled.

This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Last updated on May 27, 1999. Contacting the CCEL.