KJV King James Version
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:
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Numbers 35:27
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,
WEB World English Bible
and the avenger of blood find him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,
ASV American Standard Version
and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the redeemer of blood hath found him at the outside of the border of the city of his refuge, and the redeemer of blood hath slain the man-slayer, blood is not for him;
Surrounding context — Numbers 35
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.
29 So these [things] shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּמָצָ֤אH4672 · ma.tsato findאֹתוֹ֙H853 · et[Obj.]גֹּאֵ֣לH1350 · ga.alto redeem: redeemהַדָּ֔םH1818 · dambloodמִח֕וּץH2351 · chutsoutsideלִגְב֖וּלH1366 · ge.vulborder: boundaryעִ֣ירH5892 · irexcitementמִקְלָט֑וֹH4733 · miq.latrefugeוְרָצַ֞חH7523 · ra.tsachto murderגֹּאֵ֤לH1350 · ga.alto redeem: redeemהַדָּם֙H1818 · dambloodאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָ֣רֹצֵ֔חַH7523 · ra.tsachto murderאֵ֥יןH369 · a.yinnothingל֖וֹH9033 · ohimדָּֽם׃H1818 · damblood
Cross-references
Exodus 22:2If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.Deuteronomy 19:6Lest 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.Deuteronomy 19:10That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance, and [so] blood be upon thee.
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