Deuteronomy 19:1
_WHEN THE LORD THY GOD HATH CUT OFF THE NATIONS, WHOSE LAND THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE, AND THOU SUCCEEDEST THEM, AND DWELLEST IN THEIR CITIES, AND IN THEIR HOUSES;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN THE LORD THY GOD HATH CUT OFF THE NATIONS, WHOSE LAND THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE, AND THOU SUCCEEDEST THEM, AND DWELLEST IN THEIR CITIES, AND IN THEIR HOUSES;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT SEPARATE THREE CITIES FOR THEE IN THE MIDST OF THY LAND, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE TO POSSESS IT._ THOU SHALT SEPARATE THREE CITIES ... IN THE MIDST OF THY LAND. Go'elism, or the duty of the nearest kinsman to avenge the death of a slaughtered relative, being the consuetudinary... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT PREPARE THEE A WAY, AND DIVIDE THE COASTS OF THY LAND, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE TO INHERIT, INTO THREE PARTS, THAT EVERY SLAYER MAY FLEE THITHER._ Thou shalt prepare thee a way. The roads leading to them were to be kept in good condition, and the brooks or rivers to be spanned... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THIS IS THE CASE OF THE SLAYER, WHICH SHALL FLEE THITHER, THAT HE MAY LIVE: WHOSO KILLETH HIS NEIGHBOUR IGNORANTLY, WHOM HE HATED NOT IN TIME PAST;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_LEST THE AVENGER OF THE BLOOD PURSUE THE SLAYER, WHILE HIS HEART IS HOT, AND OVERTAKE HIM, BECAUSE THE WAY IS LONG, AND SLAY HIM; WHEREAS HE WAS NOT WORTHY OF DEATH, INASMUCH AS HE HATED HIM NOT IN TIME PAST._ LEST THE AVENGER OF THE BLOOD PURSUE THE SLAYER, WHILE HIS HEART IS HOT. This verse is a... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREFORE I COMMAND THEE, SAYING, THOU SHALT SEPARATE THREE CITIES FOR THEE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF THE LORD THY GOD ENLARGE THY COAST, AS HE HATH SWORN UNTO THY FATHERS, AND GIVE THEE ALL THE LAND WHICH HE PROMISED TO GIVE UNTO THY FATHERS;_ And if the Lord ... enlarge thy coast. Three additional sanctuaries were to be established in the event of their territory extending over the countr... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT REMOVE THY NEIGHBOUR'S LANDMARK, WHICH THEY OF OLD TIME HAVE SET IN THINE INHERITANCE, WHICH THOU SHALT INHERIT IN THE LAND THAT THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE TO POSSESS IT._ Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark. The state of Palestine in regard to enclosures is very much t... [ Continue Reading ]
_ONE WITNESS SHALL NOT RISE UP AGAINST A MAN FOR ANY INIQUITY, OR FOR ANY SIN, IN ANY SIN THAT HE SINNETH: AT THE MOUTH OF TWO WITNESSES, OR AT THE MOUTH OF THREE WITNESSES, SHALL THE MATTER BE ESTABLISHED._ One witness shall not rise. The following rules, to regulate the admission of testimony in... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF A FALSE WITNESS RISE UP AGAINST ANY MAN TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIM THAT WHICH IS WRONG;_ But if convicted of perjury, it will be sufficient for his own condemnation, and his punishment shall be exactly the same as would have overtaken the object of his malignant prosecution (see the notes at Exodus... [ Continue Reading ]