Deuteronomy 21:1

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If someone is found dead in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in a field, and it is unknown who struck him,

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  • Ps 5:6 : 6 The arrogant cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all evildoers.
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
  • Prov 28:17 : 17 A man burdened with the guilt of bloodshed will flee to the pit; let no one support him.
  • Isa 26:21 : 21 See, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it; it will conceal its slain no longer.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 When the locals saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "Surely this man is a murderer! Although he escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."

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  • Deut 21:2-4
    3 verses
    86%

    2then your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance to the surrounding cities.

    3The elders of the city nearest to the slain person shall take a heifer that has never been worked or yoked,

    4and they are to bring the heifer down to a valley with flowing water, a valley that has not been plowed or sown. There they are to break the heifer’s neck.

  • Exod 21:12-14
    3 verses
    76%

    12Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.

    13But if he did not intend to kill, and it was allowed by God to happen, then I will provide a place where he can flee.

    14However, if someone schemes and acts deliberately to kill his neighbor, you shall take him even from my altar to be put to death.

  • Josh 20:9
    75%

    9These were the appointed cities for all the Israelites and for the foreigners living among them, so that anyone who unintentionally killed another person could flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until they stood trial before the assembly.

  • Deut 19:10-14
    5 verses
    75%

    10This is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood within the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

    11But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and then flees to one of these cities,

    12the elders of his city shall send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to be put to death.

    13Do not pity him, but purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

    14Do not move your neighbor's boundary marker, established by the ancestors, in the inheritance you will receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

  • Josh 20:3-6
    4 verses
    74%

    3These cities are to be a place where someone who unintentionally kills another person without malice can flee. They will serve as a refuge from the avenger of blood.

    4The one who flees to one of these cities must stand at the entrance of the city gate and explain their case to the elders of that city. They should take the person into the city, provide a place for them to stay, and allow them to live among them.

    5If the avenger of blood pursues them, the city must not hand over the one who committed the killing, because they killed their neighbor unintentionally and without prior hostility.

    6The person must stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may return to their own city and home, from which they fled.

  • Num 35:26-28
    3 verses
    74%

    26But if the one who caused the death goes outside the boundaries of the city of refuge to which they fled,

    27and the avenger of blood finds the offender outside the city and kills them, the avenger shall not be guilty of bloodshed.

    28The one who caused the death must remain in the city of refuge until the high priest dies; only after the death of the high priest may they return to their own property.

  • Deut 19:2-6
    5 verses
    74%

    2you are to set apart three cities in the midst of the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

    3Prepare roads for yourself and divide your land into three regions, the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that anyone who kills someone may flee there.

    4Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: whoever strikes his neighbor unintentionally, without prior malice,

    5for instance, when a man goes with his neighbor into the forest to cut wood and his hand swings the axe to cut the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his neighbor, and he dies—that man may flee to one of these cities and live.

    6Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in anger, overtake him because the way is long, and strike him fatally, even though the manslayer does not deserve death, since he had no prior hatred towards his neighbor.

  • Num 35:11
    74%

    11you shall designate cities to serve as cities of refuge where someone who unintentionally kills another may flee.

  • Deut 22:25
    73%

    25But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and forces her and lies with her, only the man who has done this shall die.

  • Num 35:19-24
    6 verses
    73%

    19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when they encounter the murderer, the avenger is to put them to death.

    20If someone pushes another out of hatred or throws something at them with intent and the person dies,

    21or if in hostility someone strikes another with their hand and the person dies, the one who struck them must be put to death. They are a murderer. The avenger of blood is to execute the sentence when they meet the murderer.

    22But if suddenly, without hostility, someone pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally,

    23or if, without seeing them, they drop a stone on someone that could cause death, and the person dies, but there was no enmity or intentional harm between them,

    24then the assembly must judge between the one who caused the death and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

  • Exod 22:2
    72%

    2If the sun has risen on him, there is bloodguilt for his death. He must pay restitution; and if he owns nothing, he shall be sold for his theft.

  • Deut 21:6
    72%

    6All the elders of the city nearest to the slain person shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley,

  • Lev 24:21
    72%

    21Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a person must be put to death.

  • Deut 4:42
    71%

    42These were for anyone who accidentally killed a neighbor without prior hostility, so that they could flee to one of these cities and live.

  • Exod 22:8
    71%

    8In all cases of dishonest dealings, whether involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything lost that someone claims to be theirs, both parties must present their cases before God. The one whom God condemns must pay back double to the other.

  • Num 19:16
    71%

    16Anyone in the open field who touches someone who was killed with a sword, a dead body, a human bone, or a grave shall be unclean for seven days.

  • Exod 22:10
    71%

    10the issue between them will be settled by an oath before the Lord that the neighbor has not taken the other’s property. The owner must accept this, and no restitution is required.

  • Num 35:30
    70%

    30Anyone who kills another person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses; but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

  • Deut 22:27
    70%

    27For he found her in the field, and though the betrothed young woman cried out for help, there was no one to rescue her.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    70%

    35If one man’s ox injures another’s ox so that it dies, they are to sell the live ox and divide the money, and they must also divide the dead animal.

    36However, if it was known that the ox was prone to goring in the past and its owner did not keep it confined, he must pay compensation—an ox for an ox—and the dead animal will be his.

  • Num 35:15-17
    3 verses
    70%

    15These six cities will be a refuge for the Israelites, for the foreigner, and for the sojourner living among them, so that anyone who unintentionally kills another can flee there.

    16But if someone strikes another with an iron object and the person dies, they are a murderer, and the murderer shall be put to death.

    17If someone strikes another with a stone that is large enough to cause death and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

  • Lev 24:17
    70%

    17Anyone who takes the life of another person must be put to death.

  • Deut 21:9
    69%

    9So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from among you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

  • Exod 21:29
    69%

    29But if the ox has a habit of goring, and it has been known to its owner for some time but he has not kept it confined, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned, and its owner must also be put to death.

  • Deut 21:22
    69%

    22If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and you hang his body on a tree,