Deuteronomy 19:11

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Num 35:16-21 : 16 "'But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he shall put him to death. 20 If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died, 21 or in enmity struck him with his hand, so that he died; he who struck him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meets him.
  • Deut 27:24 : 24 'Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Prov 28:17 : 17 A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.
  • Num 35:24 : 24 then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;
  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
  • Exod 21:12-14 : 12 "One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death, 13 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee. 14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:12-13
    2 verses
    86%

    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.

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

  • Num 35:15-24
    10 verses
    83%

    15 For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the foreigner living among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

    16 "'But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    17 If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    18 Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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

    20 If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

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

    22 "'But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,

    23 or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;

    24 then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

  • Deut 19:2-7
    6 verses
    82%

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

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

    4 This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past;

    5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:

    6 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn't hate him in time past.

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

  • Deut 4:42
    81%

    42 that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

  • Josh 20:3-6
    4 verses
    81%

    3 that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

    4 He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city. They shall take him into the city with them, and give him a place, that he may live among them.

    5 If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and didn't hate him before.

    6 He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days. Then the manslayer shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city he fled from.'"

  • Exod 21:12-14
    3 verses
    80%

    12 "One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,

    13 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.

    14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

  • Deut 19:10
    77%

    10 that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you.

  • Num 35:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11 then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

    12 The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

  • Josh 20:9
    77%

    9 These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the alien who lives 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%

    1 If one be found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it, lying in the field, and it isn't known who has struck him;

    2 then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain:

  • Num 35:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26 "'But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,

    27 and the avenger of blood find him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,

  • Lev 24:17
    73%

    17 "'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 13:9
    73%

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

  • Deut 19:19
    72%

    19 then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

  • Lev 19:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

    18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

  • Prov 28:17
    71%

    17 A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.

  • Prov 29:10
    71%

    10 The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.

  • Prov 1:11
    71%

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

  • Deut 21:21
    71%

    21 All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

  • Lev 24:19
    71%

    19 If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

  • Lev 24:21
    70%

    21 He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

  • Prov 3:29
    70%

    29 Don't devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

  • Zech 8:17
    70%

    17 and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.

  • 1 John 3:15
    70%

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

  • Num 35:30
    70%

    30 "'Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

  • Prov 25:17
    70%

    17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.