Deuteronomy 19:12

and [the] elderly of his city have sent and taken him from there, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he has died;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11And when a man is hating his neighbor, and has lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and struck his life, and he has died, then he has fled to one of these cities,

13your eye has no pity on him, and you have put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with you.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:5And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man’s brother I require the life of man;

Deuteronomy 27:24“Cursed [is] he who is striking his neighbor in secret.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”

1 Kings 2:5And also, you have known that which he did to me—Joab son of Zeruiah—that which he did to two heads of the hosts of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether—that he slays them, and makes the blood of war in peace, and puts the blood of war in his girdle, that [is] on his loins, and in his sandals that [are] on his feet;

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 19:2-14

The Cities of Refuge. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; 2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. 4 And this is the case of… Read the whole commentary →

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