Numbers 35:31
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.
KJV
Non accipietis pretium ab eo qui reus est sanguinis, statim et ipse morietur.
Vulgate
καὶ οὐ λήμψεσθε λύτρα περὶ ψυχῆς παρὰ τοῦ φονεύσαντος τοῦ ἐνόχου ὄντος ἀναιρεθῆναι, θανάτῳ γὰρ θανατωθήσεται.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/לֹֽא תִקְח֥וּ כֹ֨פֶר֙ לְ/נֶ֣פֶשׁ רֹצֵ֔חַ אֲשֶׁר ה֥וּא רָשָׁ֖ע לָ/מ֑וּת כִּי מ֖וֹת יוּמָֽת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
י
y
noun · 752×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כֹּ֣פֶר
kpr
noun · 17×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
רֹצֵ֔חַ
rtsch
verb · 47×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 4:11 — How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
- 2Sam 12:13 — And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
- Deut 27:24 — Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Exod 21:30 — If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
- Gen 9:5 — And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
- Ps 51:16 — For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.