Numbers 35:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.”
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“The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 35:19 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 35:12You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
- Numbers 35:21or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
- Numbers 35:24then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
- Numbers 35:27and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed
- Deuteronomy 19:6Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
- Deuteronomy 19:12the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
- Joshua 20:3so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
- Joshua 20:5Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.
- Judges 8:19“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
- 2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 3:30(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
- 2 Samuel 14:11“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
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