Numbers 35:31 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 35:31

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.’ ”

Verse Comparison: Numbers 35:31

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
Moreover, you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

Contemporary English Version
You cannot give someone money to escape the death penalty; you must pay with your own life!

Darby English Version
And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death.

Good News Bible
Murderers must be put to death. They cannot escape this penalty by the payment of money.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
`Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.

New International Version
" 'Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. He must surely be put to death.

New King James Version
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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who has become guilty of death, but he shall surely receive the death penalty.

Revised Standard Version
Moreover you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death; but he shall be put to death.

Young's Literal Translation
`And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who `is' condemned -- to die, for he is certainly put to death;

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