Deuteronomy 19:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Num 35:16-21 : 16 And if he strikes him with an iron instrument, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he strikes him with throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him. 20 But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies; 21 Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.
  • Deut 27:24 : 24 Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Prov 28:17 : 17 A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him.
  • Num 35:24 : 24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:
  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man.
  • Exod 21:12-14 : 12 He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. 13 However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint a place for you where he may flee. 14 But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

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  • Deut 19:12-13
    2 verses
    86%

    12Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

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

  • Num 35:15-24
    10 verses
    83%

    15These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the traveler among them: that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

    16And if he strikes him with an iron instrument, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    17And if he strikes him with throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    18Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    19The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.

    20But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies;

    21Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.

    22But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything upon him without lying in wait,

    23Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm:

    24Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:

  • Deut 19:2-7
    6 verses
    82%

    2You shall set apart three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess.

    3You shall prepare a road for yourself, and divide the territory of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to inherit, into three parts, so that every manslayer may flee there.

    4And this is the case of the manslayer who shall flee there, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, whom he did not hate in time past;

    5As when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies, he shall flee to one of those cities and live:

    6Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him; though he was not worthy of death, since he did not hate him in time past.

    7Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourself.

  • Deut 4:42
    81%

    42That the slayer might flee there, who should kill his neighbor unintentionally, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

  • Josh 20:3-6
    4 verses
    81%

    3That the slayer who kills any person unintentionally and unknowingly may flee there: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

    4And when he who flees to one of those cities shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and shall declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to them and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

    5And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand because he struck his neighbor unintentionally and did not hate him beforehand.

    6And he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then the slayer shall return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.

  • Exod 21:12-14
    3 verses
    80%

    12He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

    13However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.

    14But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

  • Deut 19:10
    77%

    10That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.

  • Num 35:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11Then you shall appoint cities for yourselves to be cities of refuge; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person accidentally.

    12And they shall be for you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer may not die, until he stands before the congregation in judgment.

  • Josh 20:9
    77%

    9These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger residing among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation.

  • Deut 21:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1If someone is found slain in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has slain him,

    2Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain;

  • Num 35:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge, where he had fled;

    27And the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

  • Lev 24:17
    73%

    17And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 13:9
    73%

    9But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

  • Deut 19:19
    72%

    19Then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil from among you.

  • Lev 19:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.

    18You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

  • Prov 28:17
    71%

    17A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him.

  • Prov 29:10
    71%

    10The bloodthirsty hate the upright; but the just seek his life.

  • Prov 1:11
    71%

    11If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

  • Deut 21:21
    71%

    21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he may die: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear and fear.

  • Lev 24:19
    71%

    19And if a man causes a blemish in his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

  • Lev 24:21
    70%

    21And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

  • Prov 3:29
    70%

    29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.

  • Zech 8:17
    70%

    17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, says the LORD.

  • 1 John 3:15
    70%

    15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

  • Num 35:30
    70%

    30Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the testimony of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and so hate you.