Numbers 35:31Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
You shall not take money of him that is guilty of blood, but he shall die forthwith.
וְלֹֽא־תִקְח֥וּ כֹ֙פֶר֙ לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ רֹצֵ֔חַ אֲשֶׁר־ה֥וּא רָשָׁ֖ע לָמ֑וּת כִּי־מ֖וֹת יוּמָֽת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 9:5For I will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast, and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man, and of his brother, will I require the life of man.
- Gen 9:6Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.
- Ex 21:14If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose, and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar that he may die.
- 2 Sam 12:13And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die.
- Ps 51 (50):14
- Deut 19:11But if any man hating his neighbour, lie in wait for his life, and rise and strike him, and he die, and he flee to one of the cities aforesaid,
- Deut 19:13Thou shalt not pity him, and thou shalt take away the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that it may be well with thee.