Numbers 35:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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:

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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 be found breaking in, and be smitten that he die, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

Numbers 35:26

But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth;

Numbers 35:28

because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.

Deuteronomy 19:10

that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

Deuteronomy 19:6

lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.