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Deuteronomy

Chapter 19
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiֽy-yakeri֞yt yehva֤h 'elohe֨yka֙ 'et-hagּoyi֔m 'ashsher֙ yehva֣h 'elohe֔yka note֥n leka֖ 'et-'aretza֑m viֽyrishshetּa֕m veyashshabetּa֥ be'areyhe֖m ubebatּeyheֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)When the LORD your God has destroyed the nations whose land he is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their towns and houses,

כִּֽי־יַכְרִ֞ית יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ֙ אֶת־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ אֶת־אַרְצָ֑ם וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֕ם וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֥ בְעָרֵיהֶ֖ם וּבְבָתֵּיהֶֽם׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): shshal֥oshsh 'ari֖ym tּabedּi֣yl la֑ke bּet֣oke 'aretzeka֔ 'ashsher֙ yehva֣h 'elohe֔yka note֥n leka֖ lerishshetּaֽhּ׃
Edified Edition (EDE)then set aside for yourselves three cities in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

שָׁל֥וֹשׁ עָרִ֖ים תַּבְדִּ֣יל לָ֑ךְ בְּת֣וֹךְ אַרְצְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): tּaki֣yn leka֮ hadּereke֒ veshshilּashshetּa֙ 'et-gּeb֣ul 'aretzeka֔ 'ashshe֥r yanechiֽyleka֖ yehva֣h 'elohe֑yka vehaya֕h lan֥us shsha֖mּah kּal-rotzeֽcha׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Determine the distances involved and divide into three parts the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that a person who kills someone may flee for refuge to one of these cities.

תָּכִ֣ין לְךָ֮ הַדֶּרֶךְ֒ וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙ אֶת־גְּב֣וּל אַרְצְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַנְחִֽילְךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְהָיָ֕ה לָנ֥וּס שָׁ֖מָּה כָּל־רֹצֵֽחַ׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): vezeh֙ dּeba֣r harotze֔cha 'ashsher-yan֥us shsha֖mּah vacha֑y 'ashshe֨r yakּe֤h 'et-re'e֨hu֙ bּibeliy-da֔'at veh֛u lo'-shsone֥ l֖o mitּemo֥l shshileshshoֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)This is the rule concerning anyone who kills a person and flees there for safety, anyone who kills a neighbour unintentionally, without malice aforethought.

וְזֶה֙ דְּבַ֣ר הָרֹצֵ֔חַ אֲשֶׁר־יָנ֥וּס שָׁ֖מָּה וָחָ֑י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַכֶּ֤ה אֶת־רֵעֵ֨הוּ֙ בִּבְלִי־דַ֔עַת וְה֛וּא לֹא־שֹׂנֵ֥א ל֖וֹ מִתְּמֹ֥ל שִׁלְשֹֽׁם׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): va'ashsher֩ yabo֨ 'et-re'e֥hu bayּa'ar֮ lacheto֣b 'etziym֒ venidּecha֨h yad֤o bagּarezen֙ likero֣t ha'e֔tz venashsha֤l habּarezel֙ min-ha'e֔tz umatza֥ 'et-re'e֖hu vame֑t h֗u yan֛us 'el-'acha֥t he'ariym-ha'e֖lּeh vachaֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)For instance, a man may go into the forest with his neighbour to cut wood, and as he swings his axe to fell a tree, the head may fly off and hit his neighbour and kill him. That man may flee to one of these cities and save his life.

וַאֲשֶׁר֩ יָבֹ֨א אֶת־רֵעֵ֥הוּ בַיַּעַר֮ לַחְטֹ֣ב עֵצִים֒ וְנִדְּחָ֨ה יָד֤וֹ בַגַּרְזֶן֙ לִכְרֹ֣ת הָעֵ֔ץ וְנָשַׁ֤ל הַבַּרְזֶל֙ מִן־הָעֵ֔ץ וּמָצָ֥א אֶת־רֵעֵ֖הוּ וָמֵ֑ת ה֗וּא יָנ֛וּס אֶל־אַחַ֥ת הֶעָרִים־הָאֵ֖לֶּה וָחָֽי׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): pּen-yiredּop֩ gּo'e֨l hadּa֜m 'achare֣y harotze֗cha kּiy-yecham֮ lebabo֒ vehishsּiyg֛o kּiֽy-yirebּe֥h hadּe֖reke vehikּa֣hu na֑peshsh velo֙ 'e֣yn mishshepּat-ma֔vet kּi֠y lo֣ shsone֥ h֛u l֖o mitּem֥ol shshileshshֽom׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue him in a rage, overtake him if the distance is too great, and kill him even though he is not deserving of death, since he did it to his neighbour without malice aforethought.

פֶּן־יִרְדֹּף֩ גֹּאֵ֨ל הַדָּ֜ם אַחֲרֵ֣י הָרֹצֵ֗חַ כִּי־יֵחַם֮ לְבָבוֹ֒ וְהִשִּׂיג֛וֹ כִּֽי־יִרְבֶּ֥ה הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ וְהִכָּ֣הוּ נָ֑פֶשׁ וְלוֹ֙ אֵ֣ין מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֔וֶת כִּ֠י לֹ֣א שֹׂנֵ֥א ה֛וּא ל֖וֹ מִתְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): al-kּe֛n 'anoki֥y metzaueka֖ le'mo֑r shshalo֥shsh 'ari֖ym tּabedּi֥yl laֽke׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)This is why I command you to set aside for yourselves three cities.

עַל־כֵּ֛ן אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ לֵאמֹ֑ר שָׁלֹ֥שׁ עָרִ֖ים תַּבְדִּ֥יל לָֽךְ׃ס

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'im-yarechi֞yb yehva֤h 'elohe֨yka֙ 'et-gּebu֣leka֔ kּa'ashshe֥r nishshebּa֖ la'abote֑yka vena֤tan leka֙ 'et-kּal-ha'a֔retz 'ashshe֥r dּibּe֖r late֥t la'aboteֽyka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)If the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as he promised on oath to your ancestors, and gives you the whole land he promised them,

וְאִם־יַרְחִ֞יב יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ֙ אֶת־גְּבֻ֣לְךָ֔ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖ע לַאֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ וְנָ֤תַן לְךָ֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר לָתֵ֥ת לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiֽy-tishshemor֩ 'et-kּal-hamּitzeva֨h hazּo֜'t la'ashsota֗hּ 'ashshe֨r 'anoki֣y metzaueka֮ hayּom֒ le'ahaba֞h 'et-yehva֧h 'elohe֛yka velale֥ket bּideraka֖yv kּal-hayּami֑ym veyasapetּa֨ leka֥ 'od֙ shshalo֣shsh 'ari֔ym 'a֖l hashshּalo֥shsh ha'eֽlּeh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)because you carefully follow all these laws I command you today, to love the LORD your God and to walk always in obedience to him, then you are to set aside three more cities.

כִּֽי־תִשְׁמֹר֩ אֶת־כָּל־הַמִּצְוָ֨ה הַזֹּ֜את לַעֲשֹׂתָ֗הּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֣י מְצַוְּךָ֮ הַיּוֹם֒ לְאַהֲבָ֞ה אֶת־יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ וְלָלֶ֥כֶת בִּדְרָכָ֖יו כָּל־הַיָּמִ֑ים וְיָסַפְתָּ֨ לְךָ֥ עוֹד֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים עַ֖ל הַשָּׁלֹ֥שׁ הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): velo֤ yishshּapeke֙ dּa֣m naqi֔y bּeqe֣reb 'aretzeka֔ 'ashsher֙ yehva֣h 'elohe֔yka note֥n leka֖ nachala֑h vehaya֥h 'ale֖yka dּamiֽym׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)Do this so that innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

וְלֹ֤א יִשָּׁפֵךְ֙ דָּ֣ם נָקִ֔י בְּקֶ֣רֶב אַרְצְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ נַחֲלָ֑ה וְהָיָ֥ה עָלֶ֖יךָ דָּמִֽים׃ס

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): vekiֽy-yiheye֥h 'iyshsh֙ shsone֣ lere'e֔hu ve'a֤rab lo֙ veqa֣m 'ala֔yv vehikּa֥hu ne֖peshsh vame֑t vena֕s 'el-'acha֖t he'ari֥ym ha'eֽl׃
Edified Edition (EDE)But if out of hate someone lies in wait, assaults and kills a neighbour, and then flees to one of these cities,

וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה אִישׁ֙ שֹׂנֵ֣א לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ וְאָ֤רַב לוֹ֙ וְקָ֣ם עָלָ֔יו וְהִכָּ֥הוּ נֶ֖פֶשׁ וָמֵ֑ת וְנָ֕ס אֶל־אַחַ֖ת הֶעָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽל׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): veshshaֽlechu֙ ziqene֣y 'iyr֔o velaqech֥u 'ot֖o mishshּa֑m venaten֣u 'ot֗o bּeya֛d gּo'e֥l hadּa֖m vameֽt׃
Edified Edition (EDE)the killer shall be sent for by the town elders, be brought back from the city, and be handed over to the avenger of blood to die.

וְשָֽׁלְחוּ֙ זִקְנֵ֣י עִיר֔וֹ וְלָקְח֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ מִשָּׁ֑ם וְנָתְנ֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ בְּיַ֛ד גֹּאֵ֥ל הַדָּ֖ם וָמֵֽת׃

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): lo'-tach֥os 'eֽyneka֖ 'ala֑yv ubiֽ'aretּa֧ daֽm-hanּaqi֛y miyּishsera'e֖l vet֥ob laֽke׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)Show no pity. You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, so that it may go well with you.

לֹא־תָח֥וֹס עֵֽינְךָ֖ עָלָ֑יו וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֧ דַֽם־הַנָּקִ֛י מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְט֥וֹב לָֽךְ׃ס

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): lo֤ tasּiyg֙ gּeb֣ul rֽe'aka֔ 'ashshe֥r gּabel֖u ri'shshoni֑ym bּenachalaֽteka֙ 'ashshe֣r tּinecha֔l bּa'a֕retz 'ashsher֙ yehva֣h 'elohe֔yka note֥n leka֖ lerishshetּaֽhּ׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)Do not move your neighbour's boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

לֹ֤א תַסִּיג֙ גְּב֣וּל רֵֽעֲךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר גָּבְל֖וּ רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים בְּנַחֲלָֽתְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּנְחַ֔ל בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ס

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): loֽ'-yaqum֩ 'e֨d 'echa֜d bּe'i֗yshsh lekal-'avon֙ ulekal-chatּa֔'t bּekal-che֖te 'ashshe֣r yֽecheta֑ 'al-pּi֣y ׀ shshene֣y 'edi֗ym '֛o 'al-pּi֥y shsheloshshaֽh-'edi֖ym yaq֥um dּabaֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offence they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

לֹֽא־יָקוּם֩ עֵ֨ד אֶחָ֜ד בְּאִ֗ישׁ לְכָל־עָוֺן֙ וּלְכָל־חַטָּ֔את בְּכָל־חֵ֖טְא אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶֽחֱטָ֑א עַל־פִּ֣י ׀ שְׁנֵ֣י עֵדִ֗ים א֛וֹ עַל־פִּ֥י שְׁלֹשָֽׁה־עֵדִ֖ים יָק֥וּם דָּבָֽר׃

16
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiֽy-yaq֥um 'ed-chama֖s bּe'i֑yshsh la'an֥ot bּ֖o saraֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime,

כִּֽי־יָק֥וּם עֵד־חָמָ֖ס בְּאִ֑ישׁ לַעֲנ֥וֹת בּ֖וֹ סָרָֽה׃

17
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'amed֧u shsheneֽy-ha'anashshi֛ym 'ashsher-lahe֥m hari֖yb lipene֣y yehva֑h lipene֤y hakּoֽhaniym֙ vehashshּo֣peti֔ym 'ashshe֥r yihey֖u bּayּami֥ym haheֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.

וְעָמְד֧וּ שְׁנֵֽי־הָאֲנָשִׁ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־לָהֶ֥ם הָרִ֖יב לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה לִפְנֵ֤י הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ וְהַשֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְי֖וּ בַּיָּמִ֥ים הָהֵֽם׃

18
Phonetic (Hebrew): vedareshsh֥u hashshּopeti֖ym heyte֑b vehinּe֤h 'eֽd-shshe֨qer֙ ha'e֔d shshe֖qer 'ana֥h be'achiֽyv׃
Edified Edition (EDE)The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite,

וְדָרְשׁ֥וּ הַשֹּׁפְטִ֖ים הֵיטֵ֑ב וְהִנֵּ֤ה עֵֽד־שֶׁ֨קֶר֙ הָעֵ֔ד שֶׁ֖קֶר עָנָ֥ה בְאָחִֽיו׃

19
Phonetic (Hebrew): va'ashsi֣ytem l֔o kּa'ashshe֥r zama֖m la'ashs֣ot le'achi֑yv ubiֽ'aretּa֥ hara֖ miqּirebּeֽka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)then do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party. You must purge the evil from among you.

וַעֲשִׂ֣יתֶם ל֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר זָמַ֖ם לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לְאָחִ֑יו וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃

20
Phonetic (Hebrew): vehanּishshe'ari֖ym yishsheme'֣u veyira֑'u veloֽ'-yosi֨pu la'ashs֜ot '֗od kּadּaba֥r hara֛ hazּe֖h bּeqirebּeֽka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be done among you.

וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֖ים יִשְׁמְע֣וּ וְיִרָ֑אוּ וְלֹֽא־יֹסִ֨פוּ לַעֲשׂ֜וֹת ע֗וֹד כַּדָּבָ֥ר הָרָ֛ע הַזֶּ֖ה בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ׃

21
Phonetic (Hebrew): velo֥ tach֖os 'eyne֑ka ne֣peshsh bּene֗peshsh 'a֤yin bּe'a֨yin֙ shshe֣n bּeshshe֔n ya֥d bּeya֖d re֥gel bּeraֽgel׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

וְלֹ֥א תָח֖וֹס עֵינֶ֑ךָ נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּנֶ֗פֶשׁ עַ֤יִן בְּעַ֨יִן֙ שֵׁ֣ן בְּשֵׁ֔ן יָ֥ד בְּיָ֖ד רֶ֥גֶל בְּרָֽגֶל׃ס