Deuteronomy 19:7
in Deuteronomy 19This is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.
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ASV
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee.
KJV
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When the LORD your God has cut off the nations
on Deuteronomy 19:1-7
Numbers 35:9-15 had already set these cities apart. This chapter adds the roads, with the land divided in three so that distance never decides a case. Verse 6 gives the reason, that the avenger might overtake the manslayer “if the distance is great”.
This site's exposition
why I am commanding you
Albert Barnes counts the roads and the three cities to be added among the laws found only in Deuteronomy. Joshua 20:2 has the LORD renewing the command through Joshua.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Wherefore I command thee, saying, thou shalt separate three cities for thee. This was to be done immediately, as soon as they were settled in the land of Canaan, and established in the possession of it, the inhabitants being cut off, or driven out, or however subdued.
That a false witness should incur the same punishment which was to have been inflicted upon the person he accused. If two, or three, or many witnesses, concurred in a false testimony, they were all liable to be prosecuted upon this law. (2.) The person wronged or brought into peril by the false testimony is supposed to be the appellant,
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַל־ | ʾal- | there- | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כֵּ֛ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| אָנֹכִ֥י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מְצַוְּךָ֖ | metzavekha | [am] commanding you | H6680 → | 494 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שָׁלֹ֥שׁ | shalosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| עָרִ֖ים | ʾarim | cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| תַּבְדִּ֥יל | tavdil | you will set apart | H914 → | 42 times |
| לָֽךְ׃ ס | lakh | for <the> yourself |
עַל־there-
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כֵּ֛ן-fore
kenH3651 →771 times
אָנֹכִ֥יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מְצַוְּךָ֖[am] commanding you
metzavekhaH6680 →494 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
שָׁלֹ֥שׁthree
shaloshH7969 →432 times
עָרִ֖יםcities
ʾarimH5892 →1090 times
תַּבְדִּ֥ילyou will set apart
tavdilH914 →42 times
לָֽךְ׃ סfor <the> yourself
lakh
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.