Numbers 35:19

Authorized King James Version (1611)

The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

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  • Deut 19:6 : 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.
  • Deut 19:12 : 12 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.
  • Josh 20:3 : 3 That the slayer that killeth [any] person unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
  • Josh 20:5 : 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
  • Num 35:21 : 21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote [him] shall surely be put to death; [for] he [is] a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
  • Num 35:24 : 24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
  • Num 35:27 : 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:
  • Num 35:12 : 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 35:20-28
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    20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

    21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote [him] shall surely be put to death; [for] he [is] a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

    22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,

    23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing [him] not, and cast [it] upon him, that he die, and [was] not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

    24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

    25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

    26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;

    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:

    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.

  • Num 35:15-18
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    15 These six cities shall be a refuge, [both] for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

    16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    18 Or [if] he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 19:10-13
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    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.

    11 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:

    12 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.

    13 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.

  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

    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.

  • Deut 19:4-6
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    4 And this [is] the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

    5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

    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.

  • Exod 21:12-15
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    12 ¶ He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

    13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

    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.

    15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

  • Lev 24:17-18
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    17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

    18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

  • Josh 20:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

    6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, [and] until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

  • Deut 13:9
    77%

    9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

  • Lev 24:21
    75%

    21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

  • Num 35:11-12
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    75%

    11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

    12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

  • Gen 9:6
    74%

    6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

  • Josh 20:3
    73%

    3 That the slayer that killeth [any] person unawares [and] unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

  • Prov 28:17
    73%

    17 ¶ A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

  • Deut 17:7
    73%

    7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.

  • Deut 19:19
    73%

    19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

  • Deut 21:1-2
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    73%

    1 ¶ If [one] be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath slain him:

    2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which [are] round about him that is slain:

  • Deut 19:21
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    21 And thine eye shall not pity; [but] life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Exod 22:2
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    2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.

  • Ezek 35:6
    72%

    6 Therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

  • Josh 20:9
    72%

    9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth [any] person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

  • Exod 21:23
    71%

    23 And if [any] mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

  • Matt 5:21
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    21 ¶ ‹Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:›

  • Lev 20:9
    71%

    9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood [shall be] upon him.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
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    15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, [and] fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

  • Exod 21:17
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    17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.