Deuteronomy 19:12

World English Bible (WEB)

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.

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10 This is so that innocent blood will not be shed in the middle of your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, leaving blood guilt on you.

11 But if any man hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;

12 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.

13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with you.

14 You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.

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Deuteronomy 19:12 in every translation

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.
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.
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.
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.