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Numbers 35:31

Justice

29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
KJV
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
WEB
“‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death. He shall surely be put to death.
ASV
Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.
DARBY
And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death.
BLB
And you⁺ shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is [is] condemned to die; for he must surely be put to death.
ÅB
Dere skal ikke ta imot løsepenger for en manndrapers liv når han er skyldig til døden; han skal late livet.
OTB
"Ikke aksepter en løsepenger for livet til en morder som fortjener å dø. De må dø.
B1930
I skal ikke ta imot løsepenger for en manndrapers liv når han er skyldig til døden; han skal late livet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 2:28–34

    Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

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  • Psalms 51:14

    Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

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  • Exodus 21:14

    But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

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  • Genesis 9:5–6

    And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:13

    And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

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  • Deuteronomy 19:11–13

    But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

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