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Numbers 35:19
19The dead person's relative himself must kill the murderer when he meets him.
Numbers 35:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
- New International Version (NIV)The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death; when the avenger comes upon the murderer, the avenger shall put the murderer to death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The avenger of blood himself shall put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
Context of Numbers 35:19
17Someone might hit another person with a big stone. If the person dies, the man is a murderer. He must die. 18A man might hit a person with a dangerous weapon made from wood. If the person dies, the man is a murderer. He must die. The dead person's relative himself must kill the murderer when he meets him. 20These are other examples of murder: A man might push another person hard because he hates him. A man might throw something at another person to hurt him. 21Or a man might hit someone with his hand because he hates him. If the person dies as a result, you must kill the murderer. The dead person's relative must kill the murderer when he meets him.
Read all of Numbers 35Numbers 35:19 word by word
גֹּאֵ֣ל הַדָּ֔ם ה֥וּא יָמִ֖ית אֶת־הָרֹצֵ֑חַ בְּפִגְעוֹ־ב֖וֹ ה֥וּא יְמִיתֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 35:19
- Numbers 35:12Those towns will be places where the killer can be safe from the dead person's relative. The killer will not die before the people in the town have judged him.
- Deuteronomy 19:6If there was no safe city near enough, the killer might not escape safely. The dead person's relative might chase him, catch him and kill him. But the killer did not deserve to die. He had made a mistake. He had killed someone that he did not already hate.
- Joshua 20:3Anyone can be safe in these cities if he has killed someone but he did not mean to kill. A person like that must run to one of these towns and he will be safe from the dead person's relative.
Commentaries on Numbers 35:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19The revenger of blood - הדם גאל goel haddam, the redeemer of blood; the next in blood to him who was slain. See on Numbers 35:12; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-25Verses 16-25 The sense is: Inasmuch as to take another man‘s life by any means whatsoever is murder, and exposes the murderer to the penalty of retaliation; so, if the deed is done in hostility, it is in truth actual murder, and the murderer shall be slain; but if it be not done in hostility, then the congregation shall interpose to stop the avenger‘s hand. Numbers 35:19 When he meeteth him - Provided, of course, it were without a city of refuge. Numbers…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-34Verses 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 man with any weapon likely…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19The avenger was the victim’s closest relative. He was responsible for putting the murderer to death, carrying out the vengeance that justice required (Genesis 9:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2116-21. If he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, &c.--Various cases are here enumerated in which the Goel or avenger was at liberty to take the life of the murderer; and every one of them proves a premeditated purpose.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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