Deuteronomy 19:1

When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
off	יַכְרִ֞ית yakh.Rit	H3772	to cut (off · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
nations	הַגּוֹיִ֔ם ha.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
land	אַרְצָ֑ם 'ar.Tzam	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
giveth	נֹתֵ֥ן no.Ten	H5414	to give · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
succeedest	וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֕ם vi.rish.Tam	H3423	to occupy (by driving out previous tenants · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
dwellest	וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֥ ve.ya.shav.Ta	H3427	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
cities	בְעָרֵיהֶ֖ם ve.'a.rei.Hem	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
houses	וּבְבָתֵּיהֶֽם u.ve.va.tei.Hem	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 12:29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest…
Deuteronomy 6:10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to J…
Deuteronomy 7:1-2 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hitti…
Deuteronomy 17:14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will se…
Deuteronomy 12:1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it,…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 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, that is, by the avenger of blood, Gen 9:6. Now here we have the law settled between blood and blood, between the blood of the murdered and the blood of the murderer, and effectual provision made, I. That the cities of refuge should be a protection to him that slew another casually, so that he should not die for that as a crime which was not his voluntary act, but only his unhappiness. The appointment of these cities of refuge we had before (Exo 21:13), and the law laid down concerning them at large, Num 35:10, etc. It is here repeated, and direction is given concerning three t…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 19:1

When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee,.... The seven nations of the land of Canaan, whose destruction was of the Lord for their sins, and whose land was a gift of him that had a right to dispose of it to the children of Israel; see Deuteronomy 12:29. and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; should possess their land in their stead, by virtue of the gift of it to them by the Lord, and inhabit their cities and houses built by them.

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 19:1-13

Deuteronomy 19:1-13 1. When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; 1. Quum exciderit Jehova Deus tuus gentes quarum ipse Jehova Deus tuus dat tibi terram, et possederis eas, habitaverisque in urbibus earum et in domibus earum. 2. Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 2. Tres urbes separabis tibi in medio terrae tuae quam Jehova Deus tuus dat tibi ut possideas eam. 3. Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into thre…

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Dictionary and topics

Avenger of blood — (Heb. goel, from verb gaal, “to be near of kin,” “to redeem”), the nearest relative of a murdered person. It was his right and duty to slay the murderer (2 Sam. 14:7, 11) if he found him outside of a…
City — The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain (Gen. 4:17). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12). Next, we have…
Canaanites · To be — To be

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Deuteronomy 19:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 19:1-13

John Gill on Deuteronomy 19:1

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 19:1-13

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Deuteronomy 19:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 19:1-13

John Gill on Deuteronomy 19:1

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 19:1-13

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 19:1-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 19:1-13