the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Numbers 35:19
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The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
The blood avenger himself will put the killer to death; he must put him to death when meeting him.
The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
A relative of the dead person must put the murderer to death; when they meet, the relative must kill the murderer.
The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.
'The blood avenger shall himself put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him.
'The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he himself shall put him to death when he meets him.
The reuenger of the blood himselfe shall slay the murtherer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him.
by one of the victim's relatives. He will take revenge for his relative's death as soon as he finds you.
The next-of-kin avenger is to put the murderer to death himself — upon meeting him, he is to put him to death.
the avenger of blood, he shall put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.
A member of the dead person's family can chase you and kill you.
The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer when he meets him.
The dead person's nearest relative has the responsibility for putting the murderer to death. When he finds you, he is to kill you.
The avenger of blood himself is to kill the murderer; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
The avenger of blood shall cause the murderer to die; when he meets with him, he shall cause him to die.
The auenger of bloude shal bringe ye murthurer to death. Whan he fyndeth him, he shal slaye him.
The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.
He whose right it is to give punishment for blood, may himself put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.
The reuenger of blood him selfe shal slay the murtherer: when he meeteth hym, he shall slay hym.
The reuenger of blood himselfe shall slay the murtherer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: whensoever he shall meet him he shall slay him.
The avenger of blood shall himself put the manslayer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.
The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
The niy kynesman of hym that is slayn schal sle the mansleere; anoon as he takith hym, `that is, the manquellere, he schal sle hym.
`The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death.
The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
The avenger of blood himself shall put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
The victim's nearest relative is responsible for putting the murderer to death. When they meet, the avenger must put the murderer to death.
The man who wants to punish him for the killing will put the killer to death. He will put him to death when he meets him.
The avenger of blood is the one who shall put the murderer to death; when they meet, the avenger of blood shall execute the sentence.
The blood-redeemer, he, shall put to death the man-slayer, - when he lighteth upon him, he, shall put him to death.
The kinsman of him that was slain, shall kill the murderer: as soon as he apprehendeth him, he shall kill him.
The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
"In such cases the avenger has a right to kill the murderer when he meets him—he can kill him on the spot.
'The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Numbers 35:12, Numbers 35:21, Numbers 35:24, Numbers 35:27, Deuteronomy 19:6, Deuteronomy 19:12, Joshua 20:3, Joshua 20:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:14 - that Exodus 21:20 - punished 2 Samuel 14:7 - the whole 2 Samuel 14:11 - the revengers Romans 13:4 - revenger
Cross-References
And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing--for she died--that she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died unto me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath--the same is Beth-lehem.'
and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem; twelve cities with their villages.
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem in Judah. And they came into the field of Moab, and continued there.
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said: 'We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily in Ephrath, and be famous in Beth-lehem;
Hear, O ye mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye enduring rocks, the foundations of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with His people, and He will plead with Israel.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer,.... Not only shall have power to do it, but, as it seems, should be obliged to do it; be the executioner of the murderer; but not before his case has been heard, examined, tried, and judged; wherefore the Targum of Jonathan adds,
"in judgment,''
that is, as Onkelos explains it,
"when he is condemned by judgment,''
the court of judicature:
when he meeteth him he shall slay him; the first opportunity he has, even though, as Jarchi says, if he meets him in the midst of one of the cities of refuge, and no judgment is passed on him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The sense is: Inasmuch as to take another man’s life by any means whatsoever is murder, and exposes the murderer to the penalty of retaliation; so, if the deed is done in hostility, it is in truth actual murder, and the murderer shall be slain; but if it be not done in hostility, then the congregation shall interpose to stop the avenger’s hand.
Numbers 35:19
When he meeteth him - Provided, of course, it were without a city of refuge.
Numbers 35:24
The case of the innocent slayer is here contemplated. In a doubtful case there would necessarily have to be a judicial decision as to the guilt or innocence of the person who claimed the right of asylum.
Numbers 35:25
The homicide was safe only within the walls of his city of refuge. He became a virtual exile from his home. The provisions here made serve to mark the gravity of the act of manslaughter, even when not premeditated; and the inconveniences attending on them fell, as is right and fair, upon him who committed the deed.
Unto the death of the high priest - The atoning death of the Saviour cast its shadow before on the statute-book of the Law and on the annals of Jewish history. The high priest, as the head and representative of the whole chosen family of sacerdotal mediators, as exclusively entrusted with some of the chief priestly functions, as alone privileged to make yearly atonement within the holy of holies, and to gain, from the mysterious Urim and Thummim, special revelations of the will of God, was, preeminently, a type of Christ. And thus the death of each successive high priest presignified that death of Christ by which the captives were to be freed, and the remembrance of transgressions made to cease.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Numbers 35:19. The revenger of blood — גאל הדם goel haddam, the redeemer of blood; the next in blood to him who was slain. See on the preceding verse.
