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Deuteronomychapter 19

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Deuteronomy 19— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Deuteronomy 19. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 48 of 54

שֹׁפְטִים Shoftim, Deuteronomy 16:18 to 21:9

Read with it: Isaiah 51:12 to 52:12.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Three cities, and three more if he enlarges you1

Deuteronomy 19:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

כִּֽי־ki-ifH3588יַכְרִ֞יתyakhrithe will cut offH3772יְהוָ֤הyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ʾeloheikhaGod yourH430אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853הַגּוֹיִ֔םhagoyimthe nationsH1471אֲשֶׁר֙ʾasherwhichH834יְהוָ֣הyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָʾeloheikhaGod yourH430נֹתֵ֥ןnoten[is] about to giveH5414לְךָ֖lekhato <the> youאֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853אַרְצָ֑םʾartzamland theirH776וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֕םvirishtamand you will dispossess themH3423וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֥veyashavtaand you will dwellH3427בְעָרֵיהֶ֖םveareihemin cities theirH5892וּבְבָתֵּיהֶֽם׃uvevateihemand in houses theirH1004

Ramban on Deuteronomy 19:1

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
WHEN THE ETERNAL THY G-D SHALL CUT OFF THE NATIONS etc. THOU SHALT SEPARATE THREE CITIES FOR THEE. This also is an explanatory commandment, since He has already commanded thereon, 239 Exodus:13.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Deuteronomy 19:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

לֹא־lo'-notH3808תָח֥וֹסtachosit will look with pityH2347עֵֽינְךָ֖ʾeinekhaeye yourH5869עָלָ֑יוʾalavon himH5921וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֧uviartaand you will removeH1197דַֽם־dam-[the] blood ofH1818הַנָּקִ֛יhanakithe innocent [person]H5355מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖לmiyisraelfrom IsraelH3478וְט֥וֹבvetovand it will be goodH2895לָֽךְ׃ סlakhto <the> you

Ramban on Deuteronomy 19:13

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
“This means that you shall not say, ‘The first person has already been killed. Why should we kill him also, with the result that two people will be killed?’” This is Rashi’s language quoting the Sifre. 265 Sifre, Shoftim.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Do not move your neighbor's landmark14

Deuteronomy 19:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

לֹ֤אlo'notH3808תַסִּיג֙tasigyou will displaceH5253גְּב֣וּלgevul[the] boundary ofH1366רֵֽעֲךָ֔reakhaneighbor yourH7453אֲשֶׁ֥רʾasherwhichH834גָּבְל֖וּgaveluthey set boundsH1379רִאשֹׁנִ֑יםrishonimancestorsH7223בְּנַחֲלָֽתְךָ֙benachalatekhain inheritance yourH5159אֲשֶׁ֣רʾasherwhichH834תִּנְחַ֔לtinchalyou will inheritH5157בָּאָ֕רֶץbaaretzin the landH776אֲשֶׁר֙ʾasherwhichH834יְהוָ֣הyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָʾeloheikhaGod yourH430נֹתֵ֥ןnoten[is] about to giveH5414לְךָ֖lekhato <the> youלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ סlerishtahto take possession of itH3423

Ramban on Deuteronomy 19:14

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
This is a warning against changing the boundaries of the division by which the princes apportioned the Land to the tribes. Numbers:16-29. or to any individual among them. Therefore he stated, which they of old time have set, 276 In Verse 14 before us.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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