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Deuteronomy 19 Translation Questions
Q? Why did Yahweh instruct the people to select three cities in the middle of the land?
A. He instructed the people to select three cities so that everyone who kills another person could flee there. [19:1-3]
Q? What provision does Yahweh make for the person who kills his neighbor unawares, and did not previously hate him?
A. Yahweh provided three cities of refuge to which the man could flee and live. [19:4-5]
Q? Why should the one who kills another flee to a city of refuge?
A. He should flee so that the deceased relative does not pursue in anger, catch, and kill him. [19:6-7]
Q? What would be the conditions for adding three more cities of refuge?
A. If Yahweh enlarged their borders, then they must add three more cities of refuge. [19:8-9]
Q? What should happen if a person hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, mortally wounds him, and then flees to one of the cities of refuge?
A. The elders of this man's city must bring him back and turn him over to the responsible relative so that he may die as punishment for the blood guilt from Israel. [19:11-13]
Q? How many witnesses are needed for a matter to be confirmed?
A. It is necessary for two or three witnesses to speak for a matter to be confirmed. [19:15]
Q? What should be done when controversy exists between two men?
A. Then both men, the ones between whom the controversy exists, must stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days. The judges must make diligent inquiries; see, if the witness is a false witness and has testified falsely against his brother. [19:17-18]
Q? What must be done if the testimony of a witness is found to be false?
A. If the testimony of a witness is found to be false, then they must do to him as he had wished to do to his brother. [19:19]