## Onkelos Deuteronomy Chapter 19

###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:1
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:1)

אֲרֵי יְשֵׁצֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָת עַמְמַיָּא דִּי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ יָת אַרְעֲהוֹן וְתֵירְתִנּוּן וְתֵיתֵב בְּקִרְוֵיהוֹן וּבְבָתֵּיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When Adonoy, your God, annihilates the nations whose land Adonoy, your God is giving you; and you inherit them and live in their cities and in their houses;


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:2
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:2)

תְּלַת קִרְוִין תַּפְרַשׁ לָךְ בְּגוֹ אַרְעָךְ דִּי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ לְמֵירְתַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Separate three cities for yourself, within your land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you to inherit.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:3
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:3)

תְּתַקֵּן לָךְ אָרְחָא וּתְתַלַּת יָת תְּחוּם אַרְעָךְ דִּי יַחְסְנִנָּךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ וִיהֵי לְמֵעִירוֹק תַּמָּן כָּל קָטוֹלָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Ready the route for yourself and divide the borders of your land into three sections that Adonoy, your God, will allot you; this will serve for any murderer to flee there.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:4
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:4)

וְדֵין פִּתְגַּם קָטוֹלָא דְּיֵעִרוֹק תַּמָּן וְיִתְקַיַּם דִּי יִקְטוֹל יָת חַבְרֵיהּ בְּלָא מַנְדְּעֵיהּ וְהוּא לָא סָנֵי לֵיהּ מֵאִתְמַלֵּי וּמִדְּקָמוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And this is the matter of the murderer who may flee there to survive: whoever smites his peer without intent, and he had not been his enemy yesterday [or] the day before;


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:5
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:5)

וְדִי יֵעוּל עִם חַבְרֵיהּ בְּחֻרְשָׁא לְמִקַּץ אָעִין וְתִתְמְרֵג יְדֵיהּ בְּפַרְזְלָא לְמִקַּץ אָעִין וְיִשְׁתְּלֵף פַּרְזְלָא מִן אָעָא וְיַשְׁכַּח יָת חַבְרֵיהּ וִימוּת הוּא יֵעִרוֹק לַחֲדָא **מִן** קִרְוַיָּא הָאִלֵּין וְיִתְקַיַּם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And whoever comes with his peer into the woods to chop trees, and as his hand swung the axe downward to cut the wood the iron flew off the wooden handle and encounters his peer and he dies; he is to flee to one of these cities to survive.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:6
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:6)

דִּילְמָא יִרְדּוֹף גָּאֵל דְּמָא בָּתַר קָטוֹלָא אֲרֵי יֵחַם לִבֵּיהּ וְיַדְבְּקִנֵּיהּ אֲרֵי תִסְגֵּי אָרְחָא וְיִקְטְלִנֵּיהּ נְפַשׁ וְלֵיהּ לֵית חוֹבַת **דִּין דִּקְטוֹל** אֲרֵי לָא סָנֵי הוּא לֵיהּ מִתְּמַלִּי וּמִדְּקָמוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Lest the blood-redeemer pursue the murderer when his heart grows heated, and he catches up with him over the length of the road and he smite him dead when he has no [**judgment of a**] death sentence because he had not been his enemy yesterday [or] the day before.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:7
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:7)

עַל כֵּן אֲנָא מְפַקְּדָךְ לְמֵימָר תְּלַת קִרְוִין תַּפְרֵשׁ לָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Therefore am I commanding you the following: three cities shall you separate for yourself.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:8
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:8)

וְאִם יַפְתֵּי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָת תְּחוּמָךְ כְּמָא דִי קַיִּים לַאֲבָהָתָךְ וְיִתֶּן לָךְ יָת כָּל אַרְעָא דִּי מַלִּיל לְמִתַּן לַאֲבָהָתָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And when Adonoy, your God, expands your boundary, in accordance with His oath to your forefathers, and He give you the entire land that He promised to give to your forefathers,


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:9
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:9)

אֲרֵי תִטַּר יָת כָּל תַּפְקֶדְתָּא הָדָא לְמֶעְבְּדַהּ דִּי אֲנָא מְפַקְּדָךְ יוֹמָא דֵין לְמִרְחַם יָת יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ וְלִמְהַךְ בְּאָרְחָן **דְּתַקְּנָן קֳדָמוֹהִי** כָּל יוֹמַיָּא וְתוֹסֵף לָךְ עוֹד תְּלַת קִרְוִין עַל תְּלַת אִלֵּין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When you will be guarding this entire *mitzvah* to fulfill it, that I am commanding you today, to love Adonoy, your God, and to go in His ways [**that are proper before Him**] for all time; then you shall add three more cities to these three.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:10
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:10)

וְלָא יִשְׁתְּפֵךְ דָּם זַכַּי בְּגוֹ אַרְעָךְ דִּי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ אַחֲסָנָא וִיהֵי עֲלָךְ **חוֹבַת דִּין דִּקְטוֹל**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And let innocent blood not be shed within your land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you as territory, [otherwise] you will bear liability for the blood [**the judgment of a death sentence**].


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:11
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:11)

וַאֲרֵי יְהֵי גְבַר סָנֵי לְחַבְרֵיהּ וְיִכְמַן לֵיהּ וִיקוּם עֲלוֹהִי וְיִמְחִנֵּיהּ נְפַשׁ וִימוּת וְיֵעִרוֹק לַחֲדָא מִן קִרְוַיָּא הָאִלֵּין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If there is a man who hates his neighbor, and will ambush him, arising against him and smiting him dead, and he will flee to one of these cities;


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:12
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:12)

וִישַׁלְּחוּן סָבֵי קַרְתֵּיהּ וְיִדְבְּרוּן יָתֵיהּ מִתַּמָּן וְיִתְּנוּן יָתֵיהּ בְּיַד גָּאֵל דְּמָא וִימוּת:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The elders of his city will send for and take him from there, and will hand him over to the blood-redeemer, and he will be executed.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:13
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:13)

לָא תְחוּס עֵינָךְ עֲלוֹהִי וּתְפַלֵּי אַשְׁדִּי דָם זַכַּי מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וְיֵיטַב לָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Do not view him with compassion. You are to eliminate the [shedding of] innocent blood from Yisroel, and you will have it good.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:14
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:14)

לָא תַשְׁנֵי תְּחוּמָא דְחַבְרָךְ דִּי **תְחִימוּ** קַדְמָאֵי בְּאַחֲסַנְתָּךְ דִּי תַחְסֵן בְּאַרְעָא דִּי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ לְמֵירְתַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Do not move back the boundary of your neighbor that the first [settlers] determine [**bounded**] in your territory that you will inherit in the land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you to inherit.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:15
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:15)

לָא יְקוּם סָהִיד חַד בִּגְבַר לְכָל עַוָּיָן וּלְכָל חוֹבִין בְּכָל חֵט דִּי יֶחְטָא עַל מֵימַר תְּרֵין סָהֲדִין אוֹ עַל מֵימַר תְּלָתָא סָהֲדִין יִתְקַיַּם פִּתְגָּמָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
One witness may not arise against a man about any sin or for any transgression or transgression that he transgresses; by the word of two witnesses or by the word of three witnesses let a matter be established.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:16
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:16)

אֲרֵי יְקוּם סָהִיד שְׁקַר בִּגְבָר **לְאַסְהָדָא** בֵיהּ סַטְיָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If false witnesses arise against a man and bear fallacious testimony [**with perversity**] against him;


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:17
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:17)

וִיקוּמוּן תְּרֵין גֻּבְרִין דִּי לְהוֹן דִּינָא קֳדָם יְיָ קֳדָם כָּהֲנַיָּא וְדַיָּנַיָּא דִּי יְהוֹן בְּיוֹמַיָּא הָאִנּוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The two men shall stand, who are involved in the dispute, before Adonoy, before the *kohanim* and the judges who are in those days.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:18
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:18)

וְיִתְבְּעוּן דַּיָּנַיָּא יָאוּת וְהָא סָהִיד שְׁקַר סָהֲדָא שִׁקְרָא אַסְהַד בַּאֲחוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When the judges shall investigate thoroughly and behold, the witness testified falsely, they testified falsely against their brother;


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:19
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:19)

וְתַעְבְּדוּן לֵיהּ כְּמָא דִי חַשִּׁיב לְמֶעְבַּד לַאֲחוֹהִי וּתְפַלֵּי **עָבֵד** דְּבִישׁ מִבֵּינָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You are to do to [each of] them as he conspired to do to his brother, and eliminate the evil [**doers**] from among you;


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:20
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:20)

וּדְיִשְׁתָּאֲרוּן יִשְׁמְעוּן וְיִדְחֲלוּן וְלָא יוֹסְפוּן לְמֶעְבַּד עוֹד כְּפִתְגָּמָא בִישָׁא הָדֵין בֵּינָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And the remainder will hear and be fearful, and they will not repeat this evil thing among you.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:21
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 19:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/19:21)

וְלָא תְחוּס עֵינָךְ נַפְשָׁא חֳלַף נַפְשָׁא עֵינָא חֳלַף עֵינָא שִׁנָּא חֳלַף שִׁנָּא יְדָא חֳלַף יְדָא רַגְלָא חֳלַף רַגְלָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You are not to have compassion: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.