Deuteronomy 19:1-21
THE CITIES OF REFUGE. PUNISHMENT OF DECEIT AND FALSE WITNESS 1-13. On the Cities of Refuge see Numbers 35:9 and notes there.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CITIES OF REFUGE. PUNISHMENT OF DECEIT AND FALSE WITNESS 1-13. On the Cities of Refuge see Numbers 35:9 and notes there.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE MIDST OF THY LAND] Those on the E. side of the Jordan have already been assigned: see on Deuteronomy 4:41.... [ Continue Reading ]
PREPARE THEE A WAY] It was the duty of the Sanhedrim, or chief council of the Jews, to maintain the roads to these cities in good repair, and to have finger-posts where necessary with the words 'Refuge, Refuge' inscribed upon them, so as to afford every facility to the fugitive.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENLARGE THY COAST] i.e. thy border, to the limits mentioned in Deuteronomy 1:7; Deuteronomy 11:24. The condition of such enlargement is stated in the next v.... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE CITIES MORE] i.e. besides the three mentioned in Deuteronomy 19:2; Deuteronomy 19:7, and those in Deuteronomy 4:41. The additional three would be in the newly added territory beyond the usual limits of the kingdom. There is no evidence to show that they were actually appointed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Cp. Deuteronomy 27:17; Job 24:2; Proverbs 22:28; Proverbs 23:10; Hosea 5:10. The landmark was usually a stone, or heap of stones, which in the absence of hedges or walls defined the boundary of a man's field. Its removal was equivalent to theft. 15-21. The law of false witness. Cases of suspected f... [ Continue Reading ]
See on Exodus 21:23 and cp. Leviticus 24:20.... [ Continue Reading ]