Numbers 35:31

You shall not take money of him that is guilty of blood, but he shall die forthwith.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

30The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man.

32The banished and fugitives before the death of the high priest may by no means return into their own cities.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:5For I will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast, and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man, and of his brother, will I require the life of man.

Deuteronomy 19:11But if any man hating his neighbour, lie in wait for his life, and rise and strike him, and he die, and he flee to one of the cities aforesaid,

2 Samuel 12:13And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die.

Psalms 51:14Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 35:10-34

The Cities of Refuge. ( b. c. 1452.) 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. 13 And of these cities which ye shall give… Read the whole commentary →

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