Deuteronomy 19:12

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10 ^alest innocent blood be shed in the midst of your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and thus guilt of bloodshed be upon you.

11 “But ^aif anyone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises against him and strikes him mortally, so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities,

12 then the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and deliver him over to the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

13 ^aYour eye shall not pity him, ^bbut you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

Property Boundaries

14 ^a“You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which the men of old have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.

The Law Concerning Witnesses

15 ^a“One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 19:12

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American Standard Version
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
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.

Contemporary English Version
If that happens, the leaders of your town must send messengers to bring you back from the Safe Town. They will hand you over to one of the victim's relatives, who will put you to death.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
In that case, the leaders of your own town are to send for you and hand you over to the relative responsible for taking revenge for the murder, so that you may be put to death.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

New International Version
the elders of his town shall send for him, bring him back from the city, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.

New King James Version
then the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and deliver him over to the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

Revised Standard Version
then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

Young's Literal Translation
then the elders of his city have sent and taken him from thence, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he hath died;

New English Translation
The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger¹ to die.

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