Numbers 35:31
World English Bible (WEB)
“‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death. He shall surely be put to death.
In context
29 “‘These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30 “‘Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain based on the testimony of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify alone against any person so that he dies.
31 “‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death. He shall surely be put to death.
32 “‘You shall take no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land before the death of the priest.
33 “‘So you shall not pollute the land where you live; for blood pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
Numbers 35:31 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.