Deuteronomy 19:12
10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
11 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:
Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
- KJV
- Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
- WEB
- then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
- ASV
- then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
- DARBY
- then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
- BLB
- the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and deliver him to the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
- ÅB
- da skal de eldste i hans by sende bud og hente ham derfra og overgi ham i blodhevnerens hånd, og han skal dø.
- OTB
- skal de eldste i hans by sende bud etter ham, hente ham derfra, og overlevere ham til blodhevneren for å dø.
- B1930
- da skal de eldste i hans by sende bud og hente ham derfra og overgi ham i blodhevnerens hånd, og han skal dø.
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.
Read in context1 Kings 2:5–6
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
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