11 ¶ But if a man hate his neighbor, and lay wait for him, and rise against him, and smite any man that he die, and flee unto any of these cities,

12 Then the [a]Elders of his city shall send and fet him thence, and deliver him to the hands of the avenger of the blood, that he may die.

13 Thine [b]eye shall not spare him, but thou shalt put away the cry of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:12 The Magistrates.
  2. Deuteronomy 19:13 Then whosoever pardoneth murder, offendeth against the word of God.

11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

12 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.

13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

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