Numbers 35:32
And 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.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing them to return to live in the land before the death of the high priest.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And ye shall take{H3947} no ransom{H3724} for him that is fled{H5127} to his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} that he may come again{H7725} to dwell{H3427} in the land,{H776} until the death{H4194} of the priest.{H3548}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And ye shall take{H3947}{(H8799)} no satisfaction{H3724} for him that is fled{H5127}{(H8800)} to the city{H5892} of his refuge{H4733}, that he should come again{H7725}{(H8800)} to dwell{H3427}{(H8800)} in the land{H776}, until the death{H4194} of the priest{H3548}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
Also ye shall take none atonement for him yt is fled to a fre citie that he shulde come agayne and dwell in the londe before the deeth of the hye preast.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye shal receaue none attonement of him, which is fled to the fre cite, yt he shulde come agayne to dwell in the londe, tyll the hye prest dye.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Also ye shall take no recompense for him that is fled to the citie of his refuge, that he should come againe, and dwell in the lande, before the death of the hie Priest.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And ye shall take no recompence for him that is fled to the citie of his refuge, that he shoulde come againe and dwell in the lande before the death of the hye priest.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
You shall take no ransom for him who is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and ye take no atonement for him to flee unto the city of his refuge, to turn back to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
American Standard Version (1901)
And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
American Standard Version (1901)
And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And no price may be offered for one who has gone in flight to a safe town, for the purpose of letting him come back to his place before the death of the high priest.
World English Bible (2000)
"'You shall take no ransom for him who is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
And you must not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a town of refuge, to allow him to return home and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
Referenced Verses
- Acts 4:12 : 12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
- Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.
- Gal 3:10-13 : 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.' 11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for 'The just shall live by faith.' 12 And the law is not of faith, but 'The man who does them shall live in them.' 13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.'
- Gal 3:22 : 22 But the Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
- Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
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- Num 35:23-319 verses86%
23 Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm:
24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:
25 And 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.
26 But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge, where he had fled;
27 And 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:
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 to the land of his possession.
29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30 Whoever 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.
31 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.
- Num 35:11-155 verses80%
11 Then you shall appoint cities for yourselves to be cities of refuge; that the slayer may flee there, who kills any person accidentally.
12 And 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.
13 And of these cities which you shall give, you shall have six cities for refuge.
14 You shall give three cities on this side of Jordan, and three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the traveler among them: that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.
- Josh 20:3-64 verses79%
3 That the slayer who kills any person unintentionally and unknowingly may flee there: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
4 And when he who flees to one of those cities shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and shall declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to them and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
5 And 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.
6 And he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then the slayer shall return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.
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33 So 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.
- Deut 19:12-132 verses74%
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.
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6 And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them you shall add forty-two cities.
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8 But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the trespass, let the restitution be made to the LORD for the priest, besides the ram of atonement with which atonement is made for him.
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42 That the slayer might flee there, who should kill his neighbor unintentionally, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
- Deut 19:3-64 verses72%
3 You shall prepare a road for yourself, and divide the territory of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to inherit, into three parts, so that every manslayer may flee there.
4 And this is the case of the manslayer who shall flee there, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, whom he did not hate in time past;
5 As when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies, he shall flee to one of those cities and live:
6 Lest 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.
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29 None devoted, which shall be devoted by men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
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9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger residing among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation.
- Num 35:19-213 verses69%
19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.
20 But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies;
21 Or 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.
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17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of meeting when he goes in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he comes out, and has made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
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10 That 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.
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4 And does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:
- Exod 21:13-142 verses68%
13 However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.
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.
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17 A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him.
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32 And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall you pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest you die.
- Lev 16:32-332 verses68%
32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:
33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of meeting, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
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16 And he shall make restitution for the harm that he has done in the holy thing, and add one-fifth to it, and give it to the priest: and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
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8 You 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:
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7 Neither shall you build houses, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land where you are strangers.
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2 Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain;
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32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
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7 Therefore you and your sons with you shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and within the veil; and you shall serve: I have given your priest's office to you as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
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15 You shall not deliver to his master the servant who has escaped from his master to you:
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22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he has done: and the sin which he has done shall be forgiven him.