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Numbers 35:19
Numbers 35:19 is verse 19 of Numbers chapter 35, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
King James Version
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
World English Bible
The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he shall put him to death.
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Numbers 35:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
18 If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
19 The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
20 Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,
21 or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Numbers 35:12You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
Numbers 35:21or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
Numbers 35:24then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
Numbers 35:27and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed
Deuteronomy 19:6Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
Deuteronomy 19:12the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
Joshua 20:3so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Joshua 20:5Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.