Ulangan 13:9

13:9 Instead, you must kill him without fail! ¹  Your own hand must be the first to strike him, ²  and then the hands of the whole community.

Ulangan 17:6

17:6 At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

Ulangan 19:4

19:4 Now this is the law pertaining to one who flees there in order to live, ³  if he has accidentally killed another ⁴  without hating him at the time of the accident. ⁵ 

Ulangan 23:16

23:16 Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages ⁶  he prefers; you must not oppress him.

Ulangan 33:11

33:11 Bless, O Lord, his goods,

and be pleased with his efforts;

undercut the legs ⁷  of any who attack him,

and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.

[13:9]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with the words “without fail” (cf. NIV “you must certainly put him to death”).

[13:9]  ² tn Heb “to put him to death,” but this is misleading in English for such an action would leave nothing for the others to do.

[19:4]  ³ tn Heb “and this is the word pertaining to the one who kills who flees there and lives.”

[19:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “who strikes his neighbor without knowledge.”

[19:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “yesterday and a third (day)” (likewise in v. 6). The point is that there was no animosity between the two parties at the time of the accident and therefore no motive for the killing. Cf. NAB “had previously borne no malice”; NRSV “had not been at enmity before.”

[23:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “gates.”

[33:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “smash the sinews [or “loins,” so many English versions].” This part of the body was considered to be center of one’s strength (cf. Job 40:16; Ps 69:24; Prov 31:17; Nah 2:2, 11). See J. H. Tigay, Deuteronomy (JPSTC), 325.