David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
Numbers 35:31 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Moreover you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death; but he shall be put to death. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moreover, you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible You may not accept a ransom for the life of a killer, who is guilty of a capital crime, for he must definitely be put to death. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not accept money from him who is guilty of blood, and he shall be put to death promptly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You shall not take money of him that is guilty of blood: but he shall die forthwith. |
David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
The Gibeonites said to him, “It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.” And he said, “What do you say that I shall do for you?”
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance.
But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him treacherously, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
And I will judge you as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
And if he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.
If any one kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses; but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.
And you shall accept no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the high priest.
“ ‘Cursed be he who slays his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’