Numbers 35:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to death.

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  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 And surely for your blood, the blood of your lives, I will demand an account; at the hand of every beast I will demand it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother I will demand the life of man. 6 Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man.
  • Exod 21:14 : 14 But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
  • Deut 19:11-13 : 11 But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and flees into one of these cities; 12 Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die. 13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
  • 2 Sam 12:13 : 13 David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. Nathan said to David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
  • 1 Kgs 2:28-34 : 28 Then news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and took hold of the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of the Lord; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but I will die here. And Benaiah told the king this, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father. 32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 33 Their blood shall return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever; but upon David, and his descendants, and upon his house, and upon his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him, and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
  • Ps 51:14 : 14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 35:27-30
    4 verses
    84%

    27And the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

    28Because 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 to the land of his possession.

    29So these things shall be for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

    30Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the testimony of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

  • Num 35:32-33
    2 verses
    83%

    32And you shall take no ransom for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

    33So you shall not pollute the land where you are: for blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.

  • Lev 24:17
    81%

    17And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

  • Num 35:16-21
    6 verses
    81%

    16And if he strikes him with an iron instrument, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    17And if he strikes him with throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    18Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    19The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.

    20But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies;

    21Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.

  • Exod 21:12
    78%

    12He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

  • Num 35:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11Then you shall appoint cities for yourselves to be cities of refuge; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person accidentally.

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

  • Deut 19:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

    13Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

  • Lev 24:21
    75%

    21And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

  • Deut 13:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare him, neither shall you conceal him:

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

  • Exod 21:14-17
    4 verses
    74%

    14But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

    15And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

    16He who kidnaps a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

    17And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 27:29
    74%

    29None devoted, which shall be devoted by men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 5:17
    74%

    17You shall not kill.

  • Num 35:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

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

    25And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, where he had fled: and he shall abide in it until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

  • Deut 17:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6At the testimony of two or three witnesses, he who is worthy of death shall be put to death; but he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

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

  • Lev 20:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9For everyone that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

    10And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 19:6
    72%

    6Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him; though he was not worthy of death, since he did not hate him in time past.

  • Exod 35:2
    72%

    2Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

  • Matt 5:21
    72%

    21You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder,' and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment:

  • Deut 27:25
    72%

    25Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Deut 19:21
    72%

    21Your eye shall not pity; but life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Exod 31:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you: everyone who defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.

    15Six days may work be done; but the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 21:22
    72%

    22And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

  • Num 15:35
    72%

    35And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.

  • Exod 22:2
    71%

    2If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodshed for him.

  • Deut 19:10
    71%

    10That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.

  • Exod 20:13
    71%

    13You shall not murder.

  • Exod 21:30
    71%

    30If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life whatever is imposed on him.

  • Deut 24:16
    71%

    16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

  • Exod 23:7
    71%

    7Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

  • Gen 9:6
    71%

    6Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man.

  • Josh 20:5
    70%

    5And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand because he struck his neighbor unintentionally and did not hate him beforehand.