Numbers 35:31 - Easy To Read Version “If a person is a murderer, then he must be put to death. Don’t take money and change his punishment. That murderer must be killed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moreover, you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death. American Standard Version (1901) Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death. Common English Bible You may not accept a ransom for the life of a killer, who is guilty of a capital crime, for he must definitely be put to death. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not accept money from him who is guilty of blood, and he shall be put to death promptly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You shall not take money of him that is guilty of blood: but he shall die forthwith. |
The Gibeonites said to David, “There isn’t enough gold and silver for Saul’s family to pay for what they did. But we don’t have the right to kill any person in Israel.”
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But if a person planned to kill another person because he is angry or hates him, then that killer must be punished. Take him away from my altar [134] and kill him.
Then I will punish you. I will punish you as a murderer and a woman that did the sin of adultery. You will be punished as if by an angry and jealous husband.
And if a person takes a rock and kills someone, then that person must die. (But the rock must be the size of rock that would normally be used for killing people.)
“A killer should be put to death as a murderer only if there are witnesses. No person can be put to death if there is only one witness.
“If a person killed someone and then ran to one of the cities of safety, then don’t take money to let him go home. That person must stay in that city until the high priest dies.
“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that kills another person, even if he is not caught!’