Atonement for Unsolved Murders

21 “If in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him,

Read full chapter

21 (A)For behold, the Lord is coming out from his place
    to punish the inhabitants of (B)the earth for their iniquity,
and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it,
    and will no more cover its slain.

Read full chapter

When (A)the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, (B)“No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, (C)Justice[a] has not allowed him to live.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Acts 28:4 Or justice

17 If one is burdened with (A)the blood of another,
    he will be a fugitive until death;[a]
    let no one help him.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:17 Hebrew until the pit

12 For he who (A)avenges blood is mindful of them;
    he (B)does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Read full chapter

You destroy those who speak (A)lies;
    the Lord abhors (B)the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends

Proverbs, ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal
Proverbs, ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal
Retail: $8.99
Our Price: $5.99
Save: $3.00 (33%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
ESV Student Study Bible, Trutone, Turquoise
ESV Student Study Bible, Trutone, Turquoise
Retail: $44.99
Our Price: $19.29
Save: $25.70 (57%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
ESV Study Bible, Large Print, Genuine Leather, Black
ESV Study Bible, Large Print, Genuine Leather, Black
Retail: $129.99
Our Price: $87.99
Save: $42.00 (32%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
ESV My Creative Bible--imitation leather, teal
ESV My Creative Bible--imitation leather, teal
Retail: $44.99
Our Price: $25.84
Save: $19.15 (43%)
The ESV New Inductive Study Bible, Milano Softone, Green
The ESV New Inductive Study Bible, Milano Softone, Green
Retail: $74.99
Our Price: $37.50
Save: $37.49 (50%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars