Deuteronomy 19:11-13
New American Standard Bible
11 “But (A)if there is a person who hates his neighbor, and waits in ambush for him and rises up against him and strikes [a]him so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities, 12 then the elders of his city shall send men and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die. 13 [b](B)You shall not pity him, but (C)you shall eliminate the guilt for the bloodshed of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well for you.
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- Deuteronomy 19:11 Lit him in the soul
- Deuteronomy 19:13 Lit Your eye
Deuteronomy 19:11-13
New English Translation
11 However, suppose a person hates someone else[a] and stalks him, attacks him, kills him,[b] and then flees to one of these cities. 12 The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger[c] to die. 13 You must not pity him, but purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood,[d] so that it may go well with you.
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- Deuteronomy 19:11 tn Heb “his neighbor.”
- Deuteronomy 19:11 tn Heb “rises against him and strikes him fatally.”
- Deuteronomy 19:12 tn The גֹאֵל הַדָּם (goʾel haddam, “avenger of blood”) would ordinarily be a member of the victim’s family who, after due process of law, was invited to initiate the process of execution (cf. Num 35:16-28). See R. Hubbard, NIDOTTE 1:789-94.
- Deuteronomy 19:13 sn Purge out the blood of the innocent. Because of the corporate nature of Israel’s community life, the whole community shared in the guilt of unavenged murder unless and until vengeance occurred. Only this would restore spiritual and moral equilibrium (Num 35:33).
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