Deuteronomy 19:10
in Deuteronomy 19Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
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ASV
that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
KJV
That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast
on Deuteronomy 19:8-13
Three cities become six if the border grows, and verse 9 makes the enlargement turn on loving the Lord thy God and walking ever in his ways, one of the six places this book commands love. Joshua 20:7-9 names all six cities, three west of Jordan and the three Moses had already set east of it at 4:41-43. Verses 11 to 13 turn the shelter around, since a man who lay in wait is fetched out by the elders of his own city and delivered to the avenger, and thine eye shall not pity him. Refuge turns on intent, and 1 Kings 2:28-34 has Solomon apply the same distinction when Joab takes hold of the horns of the altar.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
That innocent blood be not shed,....
Here is, (1.) An intimation of God's gracious intention to enlarge their coast, as he had promised to their fathers, if they did not by their disobedience forfeit the promise, the condition of which is here carefully repeated, that, if it were not performed, the reproach might lie upon them, and not on God.
Though God is the saviour and preserver of all men, and has a tender regard to all lives, yet the blood of Israelites is in a particular manner precious to him, Ps. lxxii.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹ֤א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִשָּׁפֵךְ֙ | yishafekh | it will be shed | H8210 → | 114 times |
| דָּ֣ם | dam | blood | H1818 → | 360 times |
| נָקִ֔י | naki | innocent | H5355 → | 43 times |
| בְּקֶ֣רֶב | bekerev | in [the] midst of | H7130 → | 227 times |
| אַרְצְךָ֔ | ʾartzekha | land your | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| נֹתֵ֥ן | noten | [is] about to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לְךָ֖ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| נַחֲלָ֑ה | nachalah | an inheritance | H5159 → | 222 times |
| וְהָיָ֥ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עָלֶ֖יךָ | ʾaleikha | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| דָּמִֽים׃ ס | damim | blood<s> | H1818 → | 360 times |
וְלֹ֤אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יִשָּׁפֵךְ֙it will be shed
yishafekhH8210 →114 times
דָּ֣םblood
damH1818 →360 times
נָקִ֔יinnocent
nakiH5355 →43 times
בְּקֶ֣רֶבin [the] midst of
bekerevH7130 →227 times
אַרְצְךָ֔land your
ʾartzekhaH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁר֙which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
נֹתֵ֥ן[is] about to give
notenH5414 →2011 times
לְךָ֖to <the> you
lekha
נַחֲלָ֑הan inheritance
nachalahH5159 →222 times
וְהָיָ֥הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
עָלֶ֖יךָon you
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
דָּמִֽים׃ סblood<s>
damimH1818 →360 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
it leads to
- Psalms 120:2–3
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
- Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
- Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Psalms 101:5
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
- Psalms 5:6
You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
- Psalms 120:2–3
Through
Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
it leads to
- Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
- Romans 3:15–17
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
- Proverbs 6:17
Through
1 Kings 2:31And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 21:8–9
Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
- Deuteronomy 21:8–9
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.