Numbers 35:27
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
Numbers 35:27 in other translations
| BSB | and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed |
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| WEB | and the avenger of blood finds him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the man slayer, he shall not be guilty of blood, |
| ASV | and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood, |
| YLT | and the redeemer of blood hath found him at the outside of the border of the city of his refuge, and the redeemer of blood hath slain the man-slayer, blood is not for him; |
| DARBY | and the avenger of blood find him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer, there shall be no blood-guiltiness upon him; |
| BBE | And the giver of punishment, meeting him outside the walls of the town, puts him to death, he will not be responsible for his blood: |
| Webster | And the avenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood shall kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: |
What does Numbers 35:27 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 35:22-28
22-28. But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, &c.--Under the excitement of a sudden provocation, or violent passion, an injury might be inflicted issuing in death; and for a person who had thus undesignedly committed slaughter, the Levitical cities offered the benefit of full protection. Once having reached the nearest, for one or other of them was…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 35:9-34
To show plainly the abhorrence of murder, and to provide the more effectually for the punishment of the murderer, the nearest relation of the deceased, under the title of avenger of blood, (or the redeemer of blood,) in notorious cases, might pursue, and execute vengeance. A distinction is made, not between sudden anger and malice aforethought, both which are the crime of murder; but between intentionally striking a…
Numbers 35:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 35:27
- Deuteronomy 19:6
Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
- Deuteronomy 19:10
That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
- Exodus 22:2
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
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Context
- Numbers 35:26
But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
- Numbers 35:27
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
- Numbers 35:28
Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
Numbers 35:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el pariente del muerto le hallare fuera del término de la ciudad de su acogida, y el pariente del muerto al homicida matare, no se le culpará por ello: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et que le vengeur du sang le trouve en dehors des limites de la ville de son refuge, et que le vengeur du sang tue l’homicide, le sang ne sera pas sur lui; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und der Bluträcher findet ihn außerhalb der Grenze seiner Zufluchtstadt, und der Bluträcher tötet den Totschläger, so hat er keine Blutschuld. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | fuerit inventus, et percussus ab eo qui ultor est sanguinis: absque noxa erit qui eum occiderit. |