DEU 19:7 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Διὰ τοῦτο ἐγώ σοι ἐντέλλομαι τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, λέγων, τρεῖς πόλεις διαστελεῖς σεαυτῷ.
(Dia touto egō soi entellomai to ɽaʸma touto, legōn, treis poleis diasteleis seautōi. )

BrTr Therefore I charge thee, saying, Thou shalt separate for thyself three cities.

UST Therefore, I give you this command, that you select three cities for this purpose.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE Therefore I command you to set apart three cities for yourselves.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Therefore, I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.

LSV therefore I am commanding you, saying, You separate three cities for yourself.

FBV This is the reason why I'm giving this order to choose three sanctuary towns.

T4T To prevent that from happening, you must choose three cities, not only one, in order that someone can get to one of those cities quickly.

LEB Therefore I am commanding you, saying,[fn] ‘You shall set apart three cities.’

19:7 Literally “to say”

BBE And so I am ordering you to see that three towns are marked out for this purpose.

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS Wherefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.'

ASV Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee.

DRA Therefore I command thee, that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another.

YLT therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Three cities thou dost separate to thee.

Drby Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thyself.

RV Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

Wbstr Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

KJB-1769 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
(Wherefore I command thee/you, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee/you. )

KJB-1611 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Wherfore I commaunde thee, saying: Thou shalt appoynt out three cities for thee.
(Wherefore I command thee/you, saying: Thou shalt appoynt out three cities for thee/you.)

Gnva Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt appoint out three cities for thee.
(Wherefore I command thee/you, saying, Thou shalt appoint out three cities for thee/you. )

Cvdl Therfore commaunde I the, that thou appoynte out thre cities.
(Therefore command I them, that thou/you appoint out three cities.)

Wycl Therfor Y comaunde to thee, that thou departe thre citees of euene space bitwixe hem silf.
(Therefore I command to thee/you, that thou/you depart three cities of even space between them self.)

Luth Darum gebiete ich dir, daß du drei Städte aussonderst.
(Therefore gebiete I to_you, that you three cities aussonderst.)

ClVg Idcirco præcipio tibi, ut tres civitates æqualis inter se spatii dividas.
(Idcirco præcipio tibi, as tres civitates æqualis between se spatii dividas. )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

The Cities of Refuge

The cities of refuge were built to protect innocent people from blood revenge. An avenger had the legal right to put a murderer to death (Num 35:19; see Gen 9:6). If a person caused someone’s death accidentally, the slayer fled to a city of refuge to find temporary safety while awaiting trial (Num 35:22-28). The six cities of refuge were distributed across Hebrew territory so that any Israelite could seek asylum.

If, after trial, the fugitive was convicted of murder (instead of involuntary manslaughter), he was turned over to the avenger and received his due punishment (Deut 19:12). If he was found innocent of murder, the slayer remained in the city of refuge, where he was granted asylum. When the high priest died, the slayer was free to return home and was no longer subject to blood revenge. This merciful legal arrangement protected the land from further pollution by innocent blood (see Num 35:33).

It was not acceptable to pay a fine to atone for the death of another human being, even if that death was not premeditated (Num 35:31-33). Human life was too precious to be ransomed with a simple payment. When a human being was killed, whether deliberately or by accident, it resulted in alienation or exile.

Atonement does not come easily, whether in ancient Israelite times or in our own day; each person is in need of atonement to restore their relationship with God (see Rom 3:23-26). Jesus, the Son of God, provides this reconciliation through his work as the Great High Priest who offered himself as the ultimate sacrifice (see Heb 4:14–10:18).

Passages for Further Study

Num 35:6-34; Deut 19:1-13; Josh 20:1-9; 21:13, 21, 27, 32, 38; 1 Kgs 1:50-53; 2:28-34

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר

to=say

Here, the word saying introduces direct speech. Consider natural ways of doing that in your own language.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

מְצַוְּ⁠ךָ֖ לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר שָׁלֹ֥שׁ עָרִ֖ים תַּבְדִּ֥יל לָֽ⁠ךְ

command,you to=say three cities set_apart to/for=you(fs)

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “command you to select three cities for yourself”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

שָׁלֹ֥שׁ עָרִ֖ים תַּבְדִּ֥יל לָֽ⁠ךְ

three cities set_apart to/for=you(fs)

The expression Select three cities for yourself contains extra information that would be unnatural to express in some languages. If this is true of your language, you could shorten the expression. Alternate translation: “Select three cities”

Parallel DEU 19:7