And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
Deuteronomy 19:12 - King James 2000 Then the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the elders of his own city shall send for him and fetch him from there and give him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die. American Standard Version (1901) then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. Common English Bible elders from the killer’s hometown will send word, and the killer will be sent back from there. They will then hand him over to the blood avenger, and he will be executed. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The ancients of his city shall send, and take him out of the place of refuge: and shall deliver him into the hand of the kinsman of him whose blood was shed. And he shall die. |
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
And, behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that struck his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my ember which is left, and shall not leave to my husband either name or remnant upon the earth.
But if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and wounds him mortally that he dies, and flees into one of these cities:
Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
Cursed be he that attacks his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.