- Deuteronomy 18:14
כִּי ׀ הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה יוֹרֵשׁ אוֹתָם אֶל־מְעֹנְנִים וְאֶל־קֹסְמִים יִשְׁמָעוּ וְאַתָּה לֹא כֵן נָתַן לְךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃
Those nations that you are about to dispossess do indeed resort to soothsayers and augurs; to you, however, the ETERNAL your God has not assigned the like.
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אֲרֵי עַמְמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין דְּאַתְּ יָרֵית יָתְהוֹן מִן מְעָנְנַיָּא וּמִן קַסָמַיָּא שָׁמְעִין וְאַתְּ לָא כֵן יְהַב לָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ׃
Although these nations whom you are inheriting heed augurers and sorcerers, but as to you—Adonoy, your God, has not given you their status.
- Deuteronomy 18:15
נָבִיא מִקִּרְבְּךָ מֵאַחֶיךָ כָּמֹנִי יָקִים לְךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵלָיו תִּשְׁמָעוּן׃
From among your own people, the ETERNAL your God will raise up for you a prophet like myself—whom you shall heed.
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נְבִיָּא מִבֵּינָךְ מֵאֲחָךְ דִּכְוָתִי יְקִים לָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ מִנֵּיהּ תְּקַבְּלוּן׃
A prophet from your midst, of your brethren, like me, will Adonoy, your God, establish for you; heed him.
- Deuteronomy 18:16
כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁאַלְתָּ מֵעִם יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּחֹרֵב בְּיוֹם הַקָּהָל לֵאמֹר לֹא אֹסֵף לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶת־קוֹל יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהָי וְאֶת־הָאֵשׁ הַגְּדֹלָה הַזֹּאת לֹא־אֶרְאֶה עוֹד וְלֹא אָמוּת׃
This is just what you asked of the ETERNAL your God at Horeb, on the day of the Assembly, saying, “Let me not hear the voice of the ETERNAL my God any longer or see this wondrous fire anymore, lest I die.”
Targum Onkelos
כְּכֹל דִּשְׁאֵילְתָּא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּחוֹרֵב בְּיוֹמָא דִּקְהָלָא לְמֵימַר לָא אוֹסֵיף לְמִשְׁמַע יָת קָל מֵימְרָא דַּייָ אֱלָהִי וְיָת אִישָׁתָא רַבְּתָא הָדָא לָא אֶחְזֵי עוֹד וְלָא אֲמוּת׃
Exactly as you requested from [before] Adonoy, your God, at Choreiv, on the day of assembly, saying, ‘‘Let me not continue to hear the voice [the word] of Adonoy, my God, and this great fire let me not see any more as that I will not die.’’
- Deuteronomy 18:17
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֵלָי הֵיטִיבוּ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּרוּ׃
Whereupon GOD said to me, “They have done well in speaking thus.
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וַאֲמַר יְיָ לִי אַתְקִינוּ דְּמַלִּילוּ׃
Adonoy said to me, ‘‘What they said is excellent.
- Deuteronomy 18:18
נָבִיא אָקִים לָהֶם מִקֶּרֶב אֲחֵיהֶם כָּמוֹךָ וְנָתַתִּי דְבָרַי בְּפִיו וְדִבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶם אֵת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר אֲצַוֶּנּוּ׃
I will raise up for them from among their own people a prophet like yourself, in whose mouth I will put My words and who will speak to them all that I command;
Targum Onkelos
נְבִיָּא אֲקִים לְהוֹן מִגּוֹ אֲחֵיהוֹן כְּוָתָךְ וְאֶתֵּין פִּתְגְמֵי נְבוּאֲתִי בְּפוּמֵּיהּ וִימַלֵּיל עִמְּהוֹן יָת כָּל דַּאֲפַקְּדִנֵּיהּ׃
A prophet will I establish for them from among their brethren like you, and I will place My words [of prophecy] in his mouth and he will tell them everything that I command him.
- Deuteronomy 18:19
וְהָיָה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִשְׁמַע אֶל־דְּבָרַי אֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר בִּשְׁמִי אָנֹכִי אֶדְרֹשׁ מֵעִמּוֹ׃
and anybody who fails to heed the words spoken in My name, I Myself will call to account.
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וִיהֵי גּוּבְרָא דְּלָא יְקַבֵּיל לְפִתְגָמַי דִּימַלֵּיל בִּשְׁמִי מֵימְרִי יִתְבַּע מִנֵּיהּ׃
Now, the man who does not heed My words that he speaks in My Name; I [My word] will demand from him.
- Deuteronomy 18:20
אַךְ הַנָּבִיא אֲשֶׁר יָזִיד לְדַבֵּר דָּבָר בִּשְׁמִי אֵת אֲשֶׁר לֹא־צִוִּיתִיו לְדַבֵּר וַאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וּמֵת הַנָּבִיא הַהוּא׃
But any prophet who presumes to speak in My name an oracle that I did not command to be uttered, or who speaks in the name of other gods—that prophet shall die.”
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בְּרַם נְבִיָּא דְּיַרְשַׁע לְמַלָּלָא פִתְגָמָא בִּשְׁמִי יָת דְּלָא פַקֵּידְתֵּיהּ לְמַלָּלָא וְדִימַלֵּיל בְּשׁוֹם טָעֲוָת עַמְמַיָּא וְיִתְקְטִיל נְבִיָּא הַהוּא׃
But the prophet who will malevolently make a statement in My Name, something that I did not instruct him to say, or which he says in the name of foreign gods [idols of the nations], that prophet must die.
- Deuteronomy 18:21
וְכִי תֹאמַר בִּלְבָבֶךָ אֵיכָה נֵדַע אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־דִבְּרוֹ יְהֹוָה׃
And should you ask yourselves, “How can we know that the oracle was not spoken by GOD?”—
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וַאֲרֵי תֵימַר בְּלִבָּךְ אֵיכְדֵין נִדַּע יָת פִּתְגָמָא דְּלָא מַלְּלֵיהּ יְיָ׃
If you should say to yourself, ‘‘How can we know [which is] the statement that Adonoy did not speak?’’
- Deuteronomy 18:22
אֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר הַנָּבִיא בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה הַדָּבָר וְלֹא יָבֹא הוּא הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־דִבְּרוֹ יְהֹוָה בְּזָדוֹן דִּבְּרוֹ הַנָּבִיא לֹא תָגוּר מִמֶּנּוּ׃
if the prophet speaks in GOD’s name and the oracle does not come true, that oracle was not spoken by GOD; the prophet has uttered it presumptuously: do not stand in dread of them.
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דִּימַלֵּיל נְבִיָּא בִּשְׁמָא דַּייָ וְלָא יְהֵי פִתְגָמָא וְלָא יִתְקַיַּים הוּא פִתְגָמָא דְּלָא מַלְּלֵיהּ יְיָ בִּרְשַׁע מַלְּלֵיהּ נְבִיָּא לָא תִדְחֲלוּן מִנֵּיהּ׃
Should the prophet speak in Adonoy’s Name, and the matter does not happen and is not fulfilled, that is the statement that Adonoy did not speak. The prophet spoke it malevolently; do not fear him.
- Deuteronomy 19:1
כִּי־יַכְרִית יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ אֶת־אַרְצָם וִירִשְׁתָּם וְיָשַׁבְתָּ בְעָרֵיהֶם וּבְבָתֵּיהֶם׃
When the ETERNAL your God has cut down the nations whose land the ETERNAL your God is assigning to you, and you have dispossessed them and settled in their towns and homes,
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אֲרֵי יְשֵׁיצֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָת עַמְמַיָּא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵיב לָךְ יָת אֲרַעְהוֹן וְתֵירְתִנּוּן וְתִתֵּיב בְּקִרְוֵיהוֹן וּבְבָתֵּיהוֹן׃
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;
- Deuteronomy 19:2
שָׁלוֹשׁ עָרִים תַּבְדִּיל לָךְ בְּתוֹךְ אַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לְרִשְׁתָּהּ׃
you shall set aside three cities in the land that the ETERNAL your God is giving you to possess.
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תְּלָת קִרְוִין תַּפְרֵישׁ לָךְ בְּגוֹ אַרְעָךְ דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵיב לָךְ לְמֵירְתַהּ׃
Separate three cities for yourself, within your land that Adonoy, your God, is giving you to inherit.
- Deuteronomy 19:3
תָּכִין לְךָ הַדֶּרֶךְ וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ אֶת־גְּבוּל אַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר יַנְחִילְךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְהָיָה לָנוּס שָׁמָּה כׇּל־רֹצֵחַ׃
You shall survey the distances, and divide into three parts the territory of the country that the ETERNAL your God has allotted to you, so that any manslayer may have a place to flee to.—
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תַּתְקֵין לָךְ אוֹרְחָא וּתְתַלֵּית יָת תְּחוּם אַרְעָךְ דְּיַחְסְנִנָּךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ וִיהֵי לְמִעְרַק לְתַמָּן כָּל קָטוֹל׃
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.
- Deuteronomy 19:4
וְזֶה דְּבַר הָרֹצֵחַ אֲשֶׁר־יָנוּס שָׁמָּה וָחָי אֲשֶׁר יַכֶּה אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת וְהוּא לֹא־שֹׂנֵא לוֹ מִתְּמֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם׃
Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: one who has slain another unwittingly, without having been an enemy in the past.
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וְדֵין פִּתְגָם קָטוֹלָא דְּיִעְרוֹק לְתַמָּן וְיִתְקַיַּים דְּיִקְטוֹל יָת חַבְרֵיהּ בְּלָא מַדְּעֵיהּ וְהוּא לָא שָׂנֵי לֵיהּ מֵאֶתְמָלִי וּמִדְּקַמּוֹהִי׃
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;
- Deuteronomy 19:5
וַאֲשֶׁר יָבֹא אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ בַיַּעַר לַחְטֹב עֵצִים וְנִדְּחָה יָדוֹ בַגַּרְזֶן לִכְרֹת הָעֵץ וְנָשַׁל הַבַּרְזֶל מִן־הָעֵץ וּמָצָא אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וָמֵת הוּא יָנוּס אֶל־אַחַת הֶעָרִים־הָאֵלֶּה וָחָי׃
For instance, a man goes with another fellow into a grove to cut wood; as his hand swings the ax to cut down a tree, the ax-head flies off the handle and strikes the other so that he dies. That man shall flee to one of these cities and live.—
Targum Onkelos
וּדְיֵיעוֹל עִם חַבְרֵיהּ בְּחוּרְשָׁא לְמִקַּץ אָעִין וְתִתְמְרֵיג יְדֵיהּ בְּבַרְזְלָא לְמִקְּצֵיהּ אָעָא וְיִשְׁתְּלֵיף בַּרְזְלָא מִן אָעָא וְיַשְׁכַּח יָת חַבְרֵיהּ וִימוּת הוּא יִעְרוֹק לַחֲדָא מִן קִרְוַיָּא הָאִלֵּין וְיִתְקַיַּים׃
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.
- Deuteronomy 19:6
פֶּן־יִרְדֹּף גֹּאֵל הַדָּם אַחֲרֵי הָרֹצֵחַ כִּי־יֵחַם לְבָבוֹ וְהִשִּׂיגוֹ כִּי־יִרְבֶּה הַדֶּרֶךְ וְהִכָּהוּ נָפֶשׁ וְלוֹ אֵין מִשְׁפַּט־מָוֶת כִּי לֹא שֹׂנֵא הוּא לוֹ מִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם׃
Otherwise, when the distance is great, the blood-avenger, pursuing the manslayer in hot anger, may overtake him and strike him down; yet he did not incur the death penalty, since he had never been the other’s enemy.
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דִּלְמָא יִרְדּוֹף גָּאֵיל דְּמָא בָּתַר קָטוֹלָא אֲרֵי יִיחַם לִבֵּיהּ וְיִדְבְּקִנֵּיהּ אֲרֵי יִסְגֵּי אוֹרְחָא וְיִקְטְלִנֵּיהּ נְפַשׁ וְלֵיהּ לֵית חוֹבַת דִּין דִּקְטוֹל אֲרֵי לָא שָׂנֵי הוּא לֵיהּ מֵאֶתְמָלִי וּמִדְּקַמּוֹהִי׃
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.
- Deuteronomy 19:7
עַל־כֵּן אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ לֵאמֹר שָׁלֹשׁ עָרִים תַּבְדִּיל לָךְ׃
That is why I command you: set aside three cities.
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עַל כֵּן אֲנָא מְפַקֵּיד לָךְ לְמֵימַר תְּלָת קִרְוִין תַּפְרֵישׁ לָךְ׃
Therefore am I commanding you the following: three cities shall you separate for yourself.
- Deuteronomy 19:8
וְאִם־יַרְחִיב יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶת־גְּבֻלְךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ וְנָתַן לְךָ אֶת־כׇּל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לָתֵת לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ׃
And when the ETERNAL your God enlarges your territory, as was sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land that was promised to be given to your fathers—
Targum Onkelos
וְאִם יַפְתֵּי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָת תְּחוּמָךְ כְּמָא דְּקַיֵּים לַאֲבָהָתָךְ וְיִתֵּין לָךְ יָת כָּל אַרְעָא דְּמַלֵּיל לְמִתַּן לַאֲבָהָתָךְ׃
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,
- Deuteronomy 19:9
כִּי־תִשְׁמֹר אֶת־כׇּל־הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת לַעֲשֹׂתָהּ אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם לְאַהֲבָה אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְלָלֶכֶת בִּדְרָכָיו כׇּל־הַיָּמִים וְיָסַפְתָּ לְךָ עוֹד שָׁלֹשׁ עָרִים עַל הַשָּׁלֹשׁ הָאֵלֶּה׃
if you faithfully observe all this Instruction that I enjoin upon you this day, to love the ETERNAL your God and to walk in God’s ways at all times—then you shall add three more towns to those three.
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי תִטַּר יָת כָּל תַּפְקֵידְתָּא הָדָא לְמֶעְבְּדַהּ דַּאֲנָא מְפַקֵּיד לָךְ יוֹמָא דֵין לְמִרְחַם יָת יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ וְלִמְהָךְ בְּאוֹרְחָן דְּתָקְנָן קֳדָמוֹהִי כָּל יוֹמַיָּא וְתוֹסֵיף לָךְ עוֹד תְּלָת קִרְוִין עַל תְּלָת אִלֵּין׃
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.
- Deuteronomy 19:10
וְלֹא יִשָּׁפֵךְ דָּם נָקִי בְּקֶרֶב אַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה וְהָיָה עָלֶיךָ דָּמִים׃
Thus blood of the innocent will not be shed, bringing bloodguilt upon you in the land that the ETERNAL your God is allotting to you.
Targum Onkelos
וְלָא יִשְׁתְּפֵיךְ דַּם זַכַּאי בְּגוֹ אַרְעָךְ דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵיב לָךְ אַחְסָנָא וִיהֵי עֲלָךְ חוֹבַת דִּין דִּקְטוֹל׃
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].
- Deuteronomy 19:11
וְכִי־יִהְיֶה אִישׁ שֹׂנֵא לְרֵעֵהוּ וְאָרַב לוֹ וְקָם עָלָיו וְהִכָּהוּ נֶפֶשׁ וָמֵת וְנָס אֶל־אַחַת הֶעָרִים הָאֵל׃
If, however, [for instance,] a man who is the enemy of another lies in wait for him and sets upon him and strikes a fatal blow and then flees to one of these towns,
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲרֵי יְהֵי גְּבַר שָׂנֵי לְחַבְרֵיהּ וְיִכְמוֹן לֵיהּ וִיקוּם עֲלוֹהִי וְיִקְטְלִנֵּיהּ נְפַשׁ וִימוּת וְיִעְרוֹק לַחֲדָא מִן קִרְוַיָּא הָאִלֵּין׃
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;
- Deuteronomy 19:12
וְשָׁלְחוּ זִקְנֵי עִירוֹ וְלָקְחוּ אֹתוֹ מִשָּׁם וְנָתְנוּ אֹתוֹ בְּיַד גֹּאֵל הַדָּם וָמֵת׃
the elders of his town shall have him brought back from there and shall hand him over to the blood-avenger to be put to death;
Targum Onkelos
וְיִשְׁלְחוּן סָבֵי קַרְתֵּיהּ וְיִדְבְּרוּן יָתֵיהּ מִתַּמָּן וְיִמְסְרוּן יָתֵיהּ בְּיַד גָּאֵיל דְּמָא וִימוּת׃
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.
- Deuteronomy 19:13
לֹא־תָחוֹס עֵינְךָ עָלָיו וּבִעַרְתָּ דַם־הַנָּקִי מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וְטוֹב לָךְ׃
you must show him no pity. Thus you will purge Israel of the blood of the innocent, and it will go well with you.
Targum Onkelos
לָא תְחוּס עֵינָךְ עֲלוֹהִי וּתְפַלֵּי אָשְׁדֵי דַּם זַכַּאי מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וְיִיטַב לָךְ׃
Do not view him with compassion. You are to eliminate the [shedding of] innocent blood from Yisroel, and you will have it good.