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Numbers 35:19

The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

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ASV

The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.

KJV

The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
גֹּאֵ֣לgo.'El[the] avenger ofH1350 →
הַדָּ֔םha.Dam<the> bloodH1818 →
ה֥וּאhu'heH1931 →
יָמִ֖יתya.Mithe will put to deathH4191 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָרֹצֵ֑חַha.ro.Tze.achthe killerH7523 →
בְּפִגְעוֹ־be.fig.'ov-when meets heH6293 →
ב֖וֹvo<in> <the> him
ה֥וּאhu'heH1931 →
יְמִיתֶֽנּוּ׃ye.mi.Te.nuhe will put to death himH4191 →

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Genesis 4:14Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”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.”2 Samuel 14:7Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”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.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.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 35:24then 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 bloodshedExodus 21:20If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.

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