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Numbers 35:29-31
New English Translation
Numbers 35:29-31
New English Translation
29 So these things must be a statutory ordinance[a] for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.
30 “Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony[b] of witnesses, but one witness cannot[c] testify against any person to cause him to be put to death. 31 Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.
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- Numbers 35:29 tn Heb “a statute of judgment” (so KJV).
- Numbers 35:30 tn Heb “at the mouth of”; the metonymy stresses it is at their report.
- Numbers 35:30 tn The verb should be given the nuance of imperfect of potentiality.
Numbers 35:29-31
New International Version
Numbers 35:29-31
New International Version
29 “‘This is to have the force of law(A) for you throughout the generations to come,(B) wherever you live.(C)
30 “‘Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.(D)
31 “‘Do not accept a ransom(E) for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.
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