Numbers 35:19

Catholic Public Domain Version

The close relative of the deceased shall put to death the murderer; as soon as he apprehends him, he shall put him to death.

Cross References

Genesis 4:14

Behold, you have cast me out this day before the face of the earth, and from your face I will be hidden; and I will be a vagrant and a fugitive on the earth. Therefore, anyone who finds me will kill me."

2 Samuel 14:11

And she said, "Let the king remember the Lord his God, so that close blood relatives may not be multiplied in order to take revenge, and so that they may by no means kill my son." And he said, "As the Lord lives, not one hair from your son shall fall to the ground."

2 Samuel 14:7

And behold, the whole family, rising up against your handmaid, said: 'Deliver him who struck down his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and so that we may do away with the heir.' And they are seeking to extinguish my spark that is left, so that there may not survive a name for my husband, nor a remnant upon the earth."

2 Samuel 3:27

And when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him alone to the middle of the gate, so that he might speak to him, but with deceit. And there, he stabbed him in the groin, and he died, in revenge for the blood of Asahel, his brother.

2 Samuel 3:30

And so, Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon, during the battle.

Numbers 35:12

And when a fugitive is in these, the kinsman of the deceased shall not be able to kill him, until he stands in the sight of the multitude and his case is judged.

Numbers 35:18

If he who has been struck with wood passes away, he shall be avenged by the blood of the one who struck him.

Numbers 35:20

If, out of hatred, anyone assaults a man, or throws anything at him with ill intent,

Numbers 35:21

or, while being his enemy, strikes him with his hand, and so he has died, the attacker shall be guilty of murder. The kinsman of the deceased, as soon as he finds him, shall cut his throat.

Numbers 35:24

and this has been proven in the hearing of the people, and the questions have been aired, between the one who struck and the close relative,

Numbers 35:27

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

Deuteronomy 19:12

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.

Deuteronomy 19:6

Otherwise, perhaps the near relative of him whose blood was shed, impelled by his grief, might pursue and apprehend him, unless the way is too long, and he might strike down the life of him who is not guilty unto death, since he had demonstrated that he had no prior hatred against him who was slain.

Joshua 20:3

so that anyone who will have struck down a life unintentionally may flee to them. And so, he may be able to escape from the wrath of a close relative, who is an avenger of blood.

Joshua 20:5

And if the avenger of blood will have pursued him, they shall not deliver him into his hands. For he struck down his neighbor unknowingly, one who was not proven to have been his enemy two or three days before.

Judges 8:19

He answered them: "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if you had preserved them, I would not kill you."