And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man.
Deuteronomy 19:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the elders of his own city shall send for him and fetch him from there and give him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible elders from the killer’s hometown will send word, and the killer will be sent back from there. They will then hand him over to the blood avenger, and he will be executed. Catholic Public Domain Version the elders of his city shall send, and they shall take him from the place of refuge, and they shall deliver him into the hand of the relative of him whose blood was shed, and he shall die. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The ancients of his city shall send, and take him out of the place of refuge: and shall deliver him into the hand of the kinsman of him whose blood was shed. And he shall die. |
And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man.
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also: thus shall they quench my coal which is left, and shall leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.
And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die; and he flee into one of these cities:
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.