27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of1 blood,
28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.
29 ‘And these things shall be aa statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30 Whoever kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the atestimony of witnesses; but one witness is not sufficient testimony against a person for the death penalty.
31 Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.
32 And you shall take no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the priest.
33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood adefiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except bby the blood of him who shed it.
34 Therefore ado not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for bI the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.’ ”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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