Deuteronomy 19:5
“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:”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood,.... A wood is a place common to men, and cutting down…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Deuteronomy 19:1-13
This and the next two chapters contain enactments designed to protect human life, and to impress its sanctity on Israel.…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Deuteronomy 19:1-13
It was one of the precepts given to the sons of Noah that whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
as when a man goeth Heb. and who goeth, continuing the construction of the previous clause; but EVV."s rendering is…
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