Deuteronomy 19:12
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
In context
10 Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
11 If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
12 the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
13 You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
14 You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
Deuteronomy 19:12 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
- KJV King James Version
- Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
- WEB World English Bible
- then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
- ASV American Standard Version
- then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- then the elders of his city have sent and taken him from thence, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he hath died;
- DBY Darby Translation
- then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then the elders of his city shall send and bring him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.