⁷ Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death^(A) for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir^(B) as well.’ They would put out the only burning coal I have left,^(C) leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth.”

¹⁹ The avenger of blood^(A) shall put the murderer to death; when the avenger comes upon the murderer, the avenger shall put the murderer to death.^(B)

³⁸ “But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir.^(A) Come, let’s kill him^(B) and take his inheritance.’^(C)

¹⁷ The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused,^(A) and he would not eat any food with them.^(B)

⁶ The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.^(A)

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.

⁴⁵ When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him,^(A) I’ll send word for you to come back from there.^(B) Why should I lose both of you in one day?”

¹⁴ Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence;^(A) I will be a restless wanderer on the earth,^(B) and whoever finds me will kill me.”^(C)