THEOSISDeuteronomy 19:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But if any man hating his neighbour, lie in wait for his life, and rise and strike him, and he die, and he flee to one of the cities aforesaid,
וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה אִישׁ֙ שֹׂנֵ֣א לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ וְאָ֤רַב לוֹ֙ וְקָ֣ם עָלָ֔יו וְהִכָּ֥הוּ נֶ֖פֶשׁ וָמֵ֑ת וְנָ֕ס אֶל־אַחַ֖ת הֶעָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Num 35:16If any man strike with iron, and he die that was struck: he shall be guilty of murder, and he himself shall die.
- Num 35:21Or being his enemy, strike him with his hand, and he die: the striker shall be guilty of murder: the kinsman of him that was slain as soon as he findeth him, shall kill him.
- Deut 27:24Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neighbour: and all the people shall say: Amen.
- Ex 21:12He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, shall be put to death.
- Ex 21:14If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose, and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar that he may die.
- Num 35:24And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin:
- Gen 9:6Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.
- Prov 28:17A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him.