Numbers 35:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ and is found by the avenger of blood outside the bounds of the city of refuge and is killed by the avenger, no bloodguilt shall be incurred.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ and the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ And the avenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge and kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,

Common English Bible

²⁷ and the close relative finds him outside the boundary of his refuge city and kills him, he will not be responsible for his blood.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ and he has been struck by him who is avenging blood, he who killed him shall not be harmed.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ And be struck by him that is the avenger of blood: he shall not be guilty that killed him.

Numbers 35:27 Cross References

Exodus 22:2

(If the thief is found breaking in and is struck dead, no bloodguilt is incurred;

Numbers 35:26

But if the slayer shall at any time go outside the bounds of the original city of refuge

Numbers 35:28

For the slayer must remain in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest, but after the death of the high priest the slayer may return to his property.

Deuteronomy 19:10

so that the blood of an innocent person may not be shed in the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, thereby bringing bloodguilt upon you.

Deuteronomy 19:6

But if the distance is too great, the avenger of blood in hot anger might pursue and overtake and put the killer to death, although a death sentence was not deserved, since the two had not been at enmity before.