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12 then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and they shall give him into the hand of the avenger of blood, and he shall be put to death. 13 Your eye shall not take pity on him, and you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that good will be directed toward you.[a]

14 “You shall not move the boundary marker of your neighbor that former generations[b] set up on your property in the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you to take possession of it.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:13 Literally “and good shall be for you” or “it shall be good for you”
  2. Deuteronomy 19:14 Literally “the first settlers/ancestors”

12 the killer shall be sent for by the town elders, be brought back from the city, and be handed over to the avenger of blood to die. 13 Show no pity.(A) You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood,(B) so that it may go well with you.

14 Do not move your neighbor’s boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.(C)

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