Numbers 35:31
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.
Numbers 35:31 in other translations
| BSB | You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death. |
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| WEB | “‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death. He shall surely be put to death. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | ‘And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who is condemned--to die, for he is certainly put to death; |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death. |
| Webster | Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. |
What does Numbers 35:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 35:29-34
29-34. these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations--The law of the blood-avenger, as thus established by divine authority, was a vast improvement on the ancient practice of Goelism. By the appointment of cities of refuge, the manslayer was saved, in the meantime, from the blind and impetuous fury of vindictive relatives; but he might be tried by the local court, and, if…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 35:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 35:31
- 1 Kings 2:28-34
Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. …
- Psalms 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
- Exodus 21:14
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
- Genesis 9:5-6
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
- 2 Samuel 12:13
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
- Deuteronomy 19:11-13
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: 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. Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 9:5,6; Ex 21:14; De 19:11-13; 2Sa 12:13; 1Ki 2:28-34; Ps 51:14
guilty of death. Heb. faulty to die.
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Context
- Numbers 35:30
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
- Numbers 35:31
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.
- Numbers 35:32
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
Numbers 35:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y no tomaréis precio por la vida del homicida; porque está condenado á muerte: mas indefectiblemente morirá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et vous ne prendrez point de rançon pour la vie du meurtrier qui est coupable d’avoir tué; mais il sera certainement mis à mort. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ihr sollt keine Sühne annehmen für die Seele eines Mörders, der schuldig ist zu sterben, sondern er soll gewißlich getötet werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non accipietis pretium ab eo qui reus est sanguinis, statim et ipse morietur. |