Deuteronomy 19:11-18
New American Standard Bible
11 “But (A)if there is a person who hates his neighbor, and waits in ambush for him and rises up against him and strikes [a]him so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities, 12 then the elders of his city shall send men and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die. 13 [b](B)You shall not pity him, but (C)you shall eliminate the guilt for the bloodshed of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well for you.
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14 “(D)You shall not displace your neighbor’s boundary marker, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to [c]possess.
15 “(E)A single witness shall not rise up against a person regarding any wrongdoing or any sin [d]that he commits; on the [e]testimony of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed. 16 (F)If a malicious witness rises up against a person to testify against him of wrongdoing, 17 then both people who have the dispute shall stand (G)before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days. 18 And the judges (H)shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has testified against his brother falsely,
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- Deuteronomy 19:11 Lit him in the soul
- Deuteronomy 19:13 Lit Your eye
- Deuteronomy 19:14 Lit possess it
- Deuteronomy 19:15 Lit in any sin, that he sins
- Deuteronomy 19:15 Lit mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three
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