Numbers 35:31

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.

Moreover ye shall take {H3947} no satisfaction {H3724} for the life {H5315} of a murderer {H7523}, which is guilty {H7563} of death {H4191}: but he shall be surely {H4191} put to death {H4191}.

Also, you are not to accept a ransom in lieu of the life of a murderer condemned to death; rather, he must be put to death.

You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 9:5 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 9:6 (2 votes)

    Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

  • Exodus 21:14 (2 votes)

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 12:13 (2 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Kings 2:28 (2 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Kings 2:34 (2 votes)

    So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

  • Psalms 51:14 (2 votes)

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