Deuteronomy 19:13

Translations

Modern

You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Your eye shall not pity him, and you shall put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

Latin

Non miseraberis ejus, et auferes innoxium sanguinem de Israël, ut bene sit tibi.

Original

Hebrew

English

You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.

Notes

Deuteronomy 19:13

You are to purge (literally burn): In this context, the land could only be made free from guilt in cases of murder if blood vengeance was carried out. This act would remove the impurity. See also 13:5; 17:12.

Deuteronomy 19:1–13

Cities of refuge were placed in different parts of the land (19:2). They were located carefully so people could reach them easily.

A person accused of killing someone could run to one of these cities for protection. There, the person would be safe until a fair trial took place (see 4:41; Numbers 35:6–29).

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes Shechem The Cities of Refuge

Related verses

1 Kings 2:31
And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
Deuteronomy 21:9
So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 7:2
…and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
Deuteronomy 7:16
You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
2 Samuel 21:1
During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
Numbers 35:33–34
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Leviticus 24:17
And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 13:8
…you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
2 Samuel 21:14
And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
Leviticus 24:21
Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
Deuteronomy 25:12
…you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

Parallels

Numbers 35:9–34 Deuteronomy 4:41–43 Joshua 20:1–9

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Bloodguilt Commandments, the Ten Courts and Trials Covenant Deuteronomy, Book of Neighbor

Topics

Avenger of Blood: Scriptures Relating To Homicide: Punishment of Murder: Persons Guilty of not to be Pitied or Spared Pity: Not to be Shown to offenders Punishments were Inflicted without Pity Refuge: Cities of from the Avenger of Blood

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