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신명기 19
Korean Living Bible
신명기 19
Korean Living Bible
도피성
19 “여러분의 하나님 여호와께서 여러분이 쫓아낼 민족들을 멸망시키시 고 여러분이 그 땅을 차지하여 그들의 성과 집에 살게 될 때에
2-3 여러분은 여호와 하나님이 여러분에게 주신 땅을 세 구역으로 나누어 각 구역마다 도피성을 하나씩 마련하여 쉽게 드나들 수 있도록 길을 닦아 놓고 살인자가 그 곳으로 피신하게 하십시오.
4 아무 원한이 없이 과실로 사람을 죽인 자는 이 곳으로 도피할 수 있습니다.
5 예를 들어 어떤 사람이 자기 이웃과 함께 숲속에 들어가서 나무를 찍다가 도끼가 자루에서 빠져 나가 그 이웃 사람이 맞아 죽으면 그는 이 도피성 중 어느 한 곳으로 도망하여 안전하게 피할 수 있습니다.
6 그 사람은 본래 악의가 없었으므로 그를 죽게 해서는 안 됩니다. 그러나 만일 도피성이 하나밖에 없으면 거기까지 가는 길이 너무 멀어 가는 도중에 복수하려는 사람이 그를 따라가서 죽지 않아도 될 사람을 잡아죽일지도 모릅니다.
7 그래서 내가 여러분에게 세 도피성을 지정해 놓으라고 명령하는 것입니다.
8 “여러분의 하나님 여호와께서 여러분의 조상들에게 약속하신 대로 여러분의 영토를 넓히고 약속대로 그 모든 땅을 여러분에게 주실 때에
9 여러분은 이 외에 세 도피성을 더 마련하십시오. 만일 여러분이 오늘 내가 명령하는 이 모든 것을 행하고 여러분의 하나님 여호와를 사랑하며 항상 그분의 뜻대로 살면 여호와께서 약속하신 이 땅을 여러분에게 반드시 주실 것입니다.
10 이렇게 하여 여러분은 여호와께서 주신 땅에서 죄 없는 사람을 죽이는 일이 없도록 하십시오.
11 “그러나 어떤 사람이 자기 이웃을 미워하여 고의적으로 숨어 있다가 그를 쳐서 죽이고 도피성으로 피신하면
12 그가 사는 성의 지도자들은 사람을 보내 그를 잡아다가 복수자의 손에 넘겨 죽이도록 하십시오.
13 여러분은 이런 살인자를 불쌍히 여기지 말고 이스라엘에서 모조리 제거하십시오. 그러면 여러분이 모든 일에 복을 받게 될 것입니다.
14 “여러분은 여호와 하나님이 주시는 땅에서 이미 세워진 이웃의 땅 경계석을 옮기지 마십시오.”
증인에 관한 규정
15 “한 증인의 말만 듣고 사람을 죄인으로 단정하지 말고 두세 사람의 증언을 들어 보고 그 사건을 판결해야 합니다.
16 만일 어떤 사람이 다른 사람에 대하여 거짓 증언을 하여 그를 해치려고 하면
17 그 두 사람은 지정된 예배처로 가서 담당 제사장과 재판관에게 판결을 받아야 합니다.
18 재판관은 그 사건을 자세히 조사해 보고 그 증인이 다른 사람을 해치려고 거짓 증언을 한 것이 판명되면
19 죄 없는 사람이 받을 뻔했던 형벌을 그 거짓 증인이 받도록 하여 여러분 가운데서 이런 악을 제거하십시오.
20 그러면 다른 사람들이 그 일을 듣고 두려워하여 다시는 그런 거짓 증언을 하지 않을 것입니다.
21 여러분은 그와 같은 거짓 증인에게 동정을 베풀지 말고 생명은 생명으로, 눈은 눈으로, 이는 이로, 손은 손으로, 발은 발로 갚아 그를 벌하십시오.”
Deuteronomy 19
New International Version
Deuteronomy 19
New International Version
Cities of Refuge(A)
19 When the Lord your God has destroyed the nations whose land he is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their towns and houses,(B) 2 then set aside for yourselves three cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 3 Determine the distances involved and divide into three parts the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that a person who kills someone may flee for refuge to one of these cities.
4 This is the rule concerning anyone who kills a person and flees there for safety—anyone who kills a neighbor unintentionally, without malice aforethought. 5 For instance, a man may go into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and as he swings his ax to fell a tree, the head may fly off and hit his neighbor and kill him. That man may flee to one of these cities and save his life. 6 Otherwise, the avenger of blood(C) might pursue him in a rage, overtake him if the distance is too great, and kill him even though he is not deserving of death, since he did it to his neighbor without malice aforethought. 7 This is why I command you to set aside for yourselves three cities.
8 If the Lord your God enlarges your territory,(D) as he promised(E) on oath to your ancestors, and gives you the whole land he promised them, 9 because you carefully follow all these laws I command you today—to love the Lord your God and to walk always in obedience to him(F)—then you are to set aside three more cities. 10 Do this so that innocent blood(G) will not be shed in your land, which the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.(H)
11 But if out of hate someone lies in wait, assaults and kills a neighbor,(I) and then flees to one of these cities, 12 the killer shall be sent for by the town elders, be brought back from the city, and be handed over to the avenger of blood to die. 13 Show no pity.(J) You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood,(K) so that it may go well with you.
14 Do not move your neighbor’s boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.(L)
Witnesses
15 One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.(M)
16 If a malicious witness(N) takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime, 17 the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and the judges(O) who are in office at the time. 18 The judges must make a thorough investigation,(P) and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite, 19 then do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party.(Q) You must purge the evil from among you. 20 The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid,(R) and never again will such an evil thing be done among you. 21 Show no pity:(S) life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.(T)
Deuteronomy 19
King James Version
Deuteronomy 19
King James Version
19 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;
2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
3 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.
4 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;
5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
6 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.
7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
8 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;
9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
10 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.
11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
14 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.
15 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.
16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Deuteronomy 19
New King James Version
Deuteronomy 19
New King James Version
Three Cities of Refuge(A)
19 “When the Lord your God (B)has cut off the nations whose land the Lord your God is giving you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses, 2 (C)you shall separate three cities for yourself in the midst of your land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 3 You shall prepare roads for yourself, and divide into three parts the territory of your land which the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, that any manslayer may flee there.
4 “And (D)this is the case of the manslayer who flees there, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor [a]unintentionally, not having hated him in time past— 5 as when a man goes to the woods with his neighbor to cut timber, and his hand swings a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—he shall flee to one of these cities and live; 6 (E)lest the avenger of blood, while his anger is hot, pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated the victim in time past. 7 Therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall separate three cities for yourself.’
8 “Now if the Lord your God (F)enlarges your territory, as He swore to (G)your fathers, and gives you the land which He promised to give to your fathers, 9 and if you keep all these commandments and do them, which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and to walk always in His ways, (H)then you shall add three more cities for yourself besides these three, 10 (I)lest innocent blood be shed in the midst of your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and thus guilt of bloodshed be upon you.
11 “But (J)if anyone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises against him and strikes him mortally, so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities, 12 then the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and deliver him over to the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13 (K)Your eye shall not pity him, (L)but you shall [b]put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
Property Boundaries
14 (M)“You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which the men of old have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
The Law Concerning Witnesses
15 (N)“One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established. 16 If a false witness (O)rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, 17 then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, (P)before the priests and the judges who serve in those days. 18 And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness, who has testified falsely against his brother, 19 (Q)then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so (R)you shall put away the evil from among you. 20 (S)And those who remain shall hear and fear, and hereafter they shall not again commit such evil among you. 21 (T)Your eye shall not pity: (U)life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 19:4 ignorantly, lit. without knowledge
- Deuteronomy 19:13 purge the blood of the innocent
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