Numbers 35:31-33

International Standard Version

³¹You are to receive no ransom for the life^[a] of a killer who is guilty of murder; instead, he is to die. ³²You are not to receive payment of a^[b] ransom for someone who had fled to a town of refuge but then left to live in his homeland before the death of the high priest. ³³You are not to pollute the land where you live, because blood defiles the land, and the land cannot atone for blood that has been spilled on it, except through the blood of the one who spilled it.

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Numbers 35:31 Or soul
Numbers 35:32 The Heb. lacks payment of a

Numbers 35:31-33

New King James Version

³¹Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death. ³²And you shall take no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the priest. ³³So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood ^(A)defiles the land, and no ^[a]atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except ^(B)by the blood of him who shed it.

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Numbers 35:33 Lit. covering

Numbers 35:31-33

English Standard Version

³¹Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death. ³²And you shall accept no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the high priest. ³³You shall not ^(A)pollute the land in which you live, for blood ^(B)pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except ^(C)by the blood of the one who shed it.

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Numbers 35:31-33

New International Version

³¹“‘Do not accept a ransom^(A) for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.

³²“‘Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge and so allow them to go back and live on their own land before the death of the high priest.

³³“‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land,^(B) and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

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