Numbers 35:31
King James Version (KJV)
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
In context
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.
31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Numbers 35:31 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
- WEB World English Bible
- “‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death. He shall surely be put to death.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who [is] condemned — to die, for he is certainly put to death;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.