Deuteronomy 19 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Deuteronomy 20

¹When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

KJVWhen thou goest out^H3318^(H8799) to battle^H4421 against thine enemies^H341^(H8802), and seest^H7200^(H8804) horses^H5483, and chariots^H7393, and a people^H5971 more^H7227 than thou, be not afraid^H3372^(H8799) of them: for the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 is with thee, which brought thee up^H5927^(H8688) out of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714.

² It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,

KJVAnd it shall be, when ye are come nigh^H7126^(H8800) unto the battle^H4421, that the priest^H3548 shall approach^H5066^(H8738) and speak^H1696^(H8765) unto the people^H5971,

³ and shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near today to battle against your enemies. Don’t let your heart faint! Don’t be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;

KJVAnd shall say^H559^(H8804) unto them, Hear^H8085^(H8798), O Israel^H3478, ye approach^H7131 this day^H3117 unto battle^H4421 against your enemies^H341^(H8802): let not your hearts^H3824 faint^H7401^(H8735), fear^H3372^(H8799) not, and do not tremble^H2648^(H8799), neither be ye terrified^H6206^(H8799) because^H6440 of them;

⁴ for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

KJVFor the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 is he that goeth^H1980^(H8802) with you, to fight^H3898^(H8736) for you against your enemies^H341^(H8802), to save^H3467^(H8687) you.

⁵ The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

KJVAnd the officers^H7860^(H8802) shall speak^H1696^(H8765) unto the people^H5971, saying^H559^(H8800), What man^H376 is there that hath built^H1129^(H8804) a new^H2319 house^H1004, and hath not dedicated^H2596^(H8804) it? let him go^H3212^(H8799) and return^H7725^(H8799) to his house^H1004, lest he die^H4191^(H8799) in the battle^H4421, and another^H312 man^H376 dedicate^H2596^(H8799) it.

⁶ What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.

KJVAnd what man^H376 is he that hath planted^H5193^(H8804) a vineyard^H3754, and hath not yet eaten^H2490^(H8765) of it? let him also go^H3212^(H8799) and return^H7725^(H8799) unto his house^H1004, lest he die^H4191^(H8799) in the battle^H4421, and another^H312 man^H376 eat^H2490^(H8762) of it.

⁷ What man is there who has pledged to be married to a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.”

KJVAnd what man^H376 is there that hath betrothed^H781^(H8765) a wife^H802, and hath not taken^H3947^(H8804) her? let him go^H3212^(H8799) and return^H7725^(H8799) unto his house^H1004, lest he die^H4191^(H8799) in the battle^H4421, and another^H312 man^H376 take^H3947^(H8799) her.

⁸ The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”

KJVAnd the officers^H7860^(H8802) shall speak^H1696^(H8763) further^H3254^(H8804) unto the people^H5971, and they shall say^H559^(H8804), What man^H376 is there that is fearful^H3373 and fainthearted^H7390^H3824? let him go^H3212^(H8799) and return^H7725^(H8799) unto his house^H1004, lest his brethren's^H251 heart^H3824 faint^H4549^(H8735) as well as his heart^H3824.

⁹ It shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.

KJVAnd it shall be, when the officers^H7860^(H8802) have made an end^H3615^(H8763) of speaking^H1696^(H8763) unto the people^H5971, that they shall make^H6485^(H8804) captains^H8269 of the armies^H6635 to lead^H7218 the people^H5971.

¹⁰ When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

KJVWhen thou comest nigh^H7126^(H8799) unto a city^H5892 to fight^H3898^(H8736) against it, then proclaim^H7121^(H8804) peace^H7965 unto it.

¹¹ It shall be, if it gives you answer of peace and opens to you, then it shall be that all the people who are found therein shall become forced laborers to you, and shall serve you.

KJVAnd it shall be, if it make thee answer^H6030^(H8799) of peace^H7965, and open^H6605^(H8804) unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people^H5971 that is found^H4672^(H8737) therein shall be tributaries^H4522 unto thee, and they shall serve^H5647^(H8804) thee.

¹² If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it.

KJVAnd if it will make no peace^H7999^(H8686) with thee, but will make^H6213^(H8804) war^H4421 against thee, then thou shalt besiege^H6696^(H8804) it:

¹³ When Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword;

KJVAnd when the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath delivered^H5414^(H8804) it into thine hands^H3027, thou shalt smite^H5221^(H8689) every male^H2138 thereof with the edge^H6310 of the sword^H2719:

¹⁴ but the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you shall take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.

KJVBut the women^H802, and the little ones^H2945, and the cattle^H929, and all that is in the city^H5892, even all the spoil^H7998 thereof, shalt thou take^H962^(H8799) unto thyself; and thou shalt eat^H398^(H8804) the spoil^H7998 of thine enemies^H341^(H8802), which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath given^H5414^(H8804) thee.

¹⁵ Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

KJVThus shalt thou do^H6213^(H8799) unto all the cities^H5892 which are very^H3966 far off^H7350 from thee, which^H2007 are not of the cities^H5892 of these nations^H1471.

¹⁶ But of the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;

KJVBut of the cities^H5892 of these people^H5971, which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 doth give^H5414^(H8802) thee for an inheritance^H5159, thou shalt save alive^H2421^(H8762) nothing that breatheth^H5397:

¹⁷ but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Yahweh your God has commanded you;

KJVBut thou shalt utterly^H2763^(H8687) destroy^H2763^(H8686) them; namely, the Hittites^H2850, and the Amorites^H567, the Canaanites^H3669, and the Perizzites^H6522, the Hivites^H2340, and the Jebusites^H2983; as the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath commanded^H6680^(H8765) thee:

¹⁸ that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.

KJVThat they teach^H3925^(H8762) you not to do^H6213^(H8800) after all their abominations^H8441, which they have done^H6213^(H8804) unto their gods^H430; so should ye sin^H2398^(H8804) against the LORD^H3068 your God^H430.

¹⁹ When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; for you may eat of them. You shall not cut them down, for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged by you?

KJVWhen thou shalt besiege^H6696^(H8799) a city^H5892 a long^H7227 time^H3117, in making war^H3898^(H8736) against it to take^H8610^(H8800) it, thou shalt not destroy^H7843^(H8686) the trees^H6086 thereof by forcing^H5080^(H8800) an axe^H1631 against them: for thou mayest eat^H398^(H8799) of them, and thou shalt not cut them down^H3772^(H8799)(for the tree^H6086 of the field^H7704 is man's^H120 life) to employ^H935^(H8800) them in the siege^H6440^H4692:

²⁰ Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down. You shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.

KJVOnly the trees^H6086 which thou knowest^H3045^(H8799) that they be not trees^H6086 for meat^H3978, thou shalt destroy^H7843^(H8686) and cut them down^H3772^(H8804); and thou shalt build^H1129^(H8804) bulwarks^H4692 against the city^H5892 that maketh^H6213^(H8802) war^H4421 with thee, until it be subdued^H3381^(H8800).

WEB·Deuteronomy 19

¹When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses,

KJVWhen the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath cut off^H3772^(H8686) the nations^H1471, whose land^H776 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee, and thou succeedest^H3423^(H8804) them, and dwellest^H3427^(H8804) in their cities^H5892, and in their houses^H1004;

² you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the middle of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess.

KJVThou shalt separate^H914^(H8686) three^H7969 cities^H5892 for thee in the midst^H8432 of thy land^H776, which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee to possess^H3423^(H8800) it.

³ You shall prepare the way, and divide the borders of your land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit into three parts, that every man slayer may flee there.

KJVThou shalt prepare^H3559^(H8686) thee a way^H1870, and divide the coasts^H1366 of thy land^H776, which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth thee to inherit^H5157^(H8686), into three parts^H8027^(H8765), that every slayer^H7523^(H8802) may flee^H5127^(H8800) thither.

⁴ This is the case of the man slayer who shall flee there and live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, and didn’t hate him in time past—

KJVAnd this is the case^H1697 of the slayer^H7523^(H8802), which shall flee^H5127^(H8799) thither, that he may live^H2425^(H8804): Whoso killeth^H5221^(H8686) his neighbour^H7453 ignorantly^H1097^H1847, whom he hated^H8130^(H8802) not in time^H8543 past^H8032;

⁵ as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood and his hand swings the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and hits his neighbor so that he dies—he shall flee to one of these cities and live.

KJVAs when a man goeth^H935^(H8799) into the wood^H3293 with his neighbour^H7453 to hew^H2404^(H8800) wood^H6086, and his hand^H3027 fetcheth a stroke^H5080^(H8738) with the axe^H1631 to cut down^H3772^(H8800) the tree^H6086, and the head^H1270 slippeth^H5394^(H8804) from the helve^H6086, and lighteth^H4672^(H8804) upon his neighbour^H7453, that he die^H4191^(H8804); he shall flee^H5127^(H8799) unto one^H259 of those cities^H5892, and live^H2425^(H8804):

⁶ Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the man slayer while hot anger is in his heart and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally, even though he was not worthy of death, because he didn’t hate him in time past.

KJVLest the avenger^H1350^(H8802) of the blood^H1818^(H8676) pursue^H7291^(H8799) the slayer^H310^H7523^(H8802), while^H3588 his heart^H3824 is hot^H3179^(H8799), and overtake^H5381^(H8689) him, because the way^H1870 is long^H7235^(H8799), and slay^H5221^(H8689) him^H5315; whereas he was not worthy^H4941 of death^H4194, inasmuch as^H3588 he hated^H8130^(H8802) him not in time^H8543 past^H8032.

⁷ Therefore I command you to set apart three cities for yourselves.

KJVWherefore I command^H6680^(H8764) thee, saying^H559^(H8800), Thou shalt separate^H914^(H8686) three^H7969 cities^H5892 for thee.

⁸ If Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers;

KJVAnd if the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 enlarge^H7337^(H8686) thy coast^H1366, as he hath sworn^H7650^(H8738) unto thy fathers^H1, and give^H5414^(H8804) thee all the land^H776 which he promised^H1696^(H8765) to give^H5414^(H8800) unto thy fathers^H1;

⁹ and if you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways, then you shall add three cities more for yourselves, in addition to these three.

KJVIf thou shalt keep^H8104^(H8799) all these commandments^H4687 to do^H6213^(H8800) them, which I command^H6680^(H8764) thee this day^H3117, to love^H157^(H8800) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, and to walk^H3212^(H8800) ever^H3117 in his ways^H1870; then shalt thou add^H3254^(H8804) three^H7969 cities^H5892 more for thee, beside these three^H7969:

¹⁰ This is so that innocent blood will not be shed in the middle of your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, leaving blood guilt on you.

KJVThat innocent^H5355 blood^H1818 be not shed^H8210^(H8735) in^H7130 thy land^H776, which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee for an inheritance^H5159, and so blood^H1818 be upon thee.

¹¹ But if any man hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;

KJVBut if any man^H376 hate^H8130^(H8802) his neighbour^H7453, and lie in wait^H693^(H8804) for him, and rise up^H6965^(H8804) against him, and smite^H5221^(H8689) him mortally^H5315 that he die^H4191^(H8804), and fleeth^H5127^(H8804) into one^H259 of these^H411 cities^H5892:

¹² then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

KJVThen the elders^H2205 of his city^H5892 shall send^H7971^(H8804) and fetch^H3947^(H8804) him thence, and deliver^H5414^(H8804) him into the hand^H3027 of the avenger^H1350^(H8802) of blood^H1818, that he may die^H4191^(H8804).

¹³ Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with you.

KJVThine eye^H5869 shall not pity^H2347^(H8799) him, but thou shalt put away^H1197^(H8765) the guilt of innocent^H5355 blood^H1818 from Israel^H3478, that it may go well^H2895^(H8804) with thee.

¹⁴ You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God gives you to possess.

KJVThou shalt not remove^H5253^(H8686) thy neighbour's^H7453 landmark^H1366, which they of old time^H7223 have set^H1379^(H8804) in thine inheritance^H5159, which thou shalt inherit^H5157^(H8799) in the land^H776 that the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee to possess^H3423^(H8800) it.

¹⁵ One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

KJVOne^H259 witness^H5707 shall not rise up^H6965^(H8799) against a man^H376 for any iniquity^H5771, or for any sin^H2403, in any sin^H2399 that he sinneth^H2398^(H8799): at the mouth^H6310 of two^H8147 witnesses^H5707, or at the mouth^H6310 of three^H7969 witnesses^H5707, shall the matter^H1697 be established^H6965^(H8799).

¹⁶ If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

KJVIf a false^H2555 witness^H5707 rise up^H6965^(H8799) against any man^H376 to testify^H6030^(H8800) against him that which is wrong^H5627;

¹⁷ then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;

KJVThen both^H8147 the men^H582, between whom the controversy^H7379 is, shall stand^H5975^(H8804) before^H6440 the LORD^H3068, before^H6440 the priests^H3548 and the judges^H8199^(H8802), which shall be in those days^H3117;

¹⁸ and the judges shall make diligent inquisition; and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother,

KJVAnd the judges^H8199^(H8802) shall make diligent^H3190^(H8687) inquisition^H1875^(H8804): and, behold, if the witness^H5707 be a false^H8267 witness^H5707, and hath testified^H6030^(H8804) falsely^H8267 against his brother^H251;

¹⁹ then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

KJVThen shall ye do^H6213^(H8804) unto him, as he had thought^H2161^(H8804) to have done^H6213^(H8800) unto his brother^H251: so shalt thou put^H1197 the evil^H7451 away^H1197^(H8765) from among^H7130 you.

²⁰ Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and will never again commit any such evil among you.

KJVAnd those which remain^H7604^(H8737) shall hear^H8085^(H8799), and fear^H3372^(H8799), and shall henceforth^H3254^(H8686) commit^H6213^(H8800) no more any^H1697 such evil^H7451 among^H7130 you.

²¹ Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

KJVAnd thine eye^H5869 shall not pity^H2347^(H8799); but life^H5315 shall go for life^H5315, eye^H5869 for eye^H5869, tooth^H8127 for tooth^H8127, hand^H3027 for hand^H3027, foot^H7272 for foot^H7272.

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