Verse 19
Numbers 35:19
New Living Translation
19
The victim’s nearest relative is responsible for putting the murderer to death. When they meet, the avenger must put the murderer to death.
Original Language Text
hebrew
גֹּאֵ֣ל הַ/דָּ֔ם ה֥וּא יָמִ֖ית אֶת הָ/רֹצֵ֑חַ בְּ/פִגְע/וֹ ב֖/וֹ ה֥וּא יְמִיתֶֽ/נּוּ
English Translation
The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him; he shall put him to death.
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Chapter 35 Context
1
While Israel was camped beside the Jordan on the plains of Moab across from Jericho, the LORD said t...
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“Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites from their property certain towns to live in, a...
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These towns will be for the Levites to live in, and the surrounding lands will provide pasture for t...
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The pastureland assigned to the Levites around these towns will extend 1,500 feet from the town wall...
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Measure off 3,000 feet outside the town walls in every direction — east, south, west, north — with t...
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“Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, where a person who has accidentally...
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In all, forty-eight towns with the surrounding pastureland will be given to the Levites.
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These towns will come from the property of the people of Israel. The larger tribes will give more to...
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The LORD said to Moses,
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“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “When you cross the Jordan into the land o...
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designate cities of refuge to which people can flee if they have killed someone accidentally.
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These cities will be places of protection from a dead person’s relatives who want to avenge the deat...
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Designate six cities of refuge for yourselves,
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three on the east side of the Jordan River and three on the west in the land of Canaan.
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These cities are for the protection of Israelites, foreigners living among you, and traveling mercha...
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“But if someone strikes and kills another person with a piece of iron, it is murder, and the murdere...
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Or if someone with a stone in his hand strikes and kills another person, it is murder, and the murde...
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Or if someone strikes and kills another person with a wooden object, it is murder, and the murderer...
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The victim’s nearest relative is responsible for putting the murderer to death. When they meet, the...
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So if someone hates another person and waits in ambush, then pushes him or throws something at him a...
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Or if someone hates another person and hits him with a fist and he dies, it is murder. In such cases...
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“But suppose someone pushes another person without having shown previous hostility, or throws someth...
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or accidentally drops a huge stone on someone, though they were not enemies, and the person dies.
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If this should happen, the community must follow these regulations in making a judgment between the...
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The community must protect the slayer from the avenger and must escort the slayer back to live in th...
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“But if the slayer ever leaves the limits of the city of refuge,
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and the avenger finds him outside the city and kills him, it will not be considered murder.
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The slayer should have stayed inside the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But afte...
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These are legal requirements for you to observe from generation to generation, wherever you may live...
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“All murderers must be put to death, but only if evidence is presented by more than one witness. No...
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Also, you must never accept a ransom payment for the life of someone judged guilty of murder and sub...
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And never accept a ransom payment from someone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing a slayer t...
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This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. An...
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You must not defile the land where you live, for I live there myself. I am the LORD, who lives among...
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