Deuteronomy 19:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But what if you really do commit murder? Suppose one of you hates a neighbour. So you wait in a deserted place, kill the neighbour, and run to a Safe Town.

Cross References

Genesis 9:5

I created humans to be like me, and I will punish any animal or person that takes a human life. If an animal kills someone, that animal must die. And if a person takes the life of another, that person must be put to death.

Proverbs 28:17

Don't give help to murderers! Make them stay on the run for as long as they live.

Deuteronomy 19:12

If that happens, the leaders of your town must send messengers to bring you back from the Safe Town. They will hand you over to one of the victim's relatives, who will put you to death.

1 John 3:15

If you hate each other, you are murderers, and we know that murderers do not have eternal life.