Catholic Public Domain Version
"You shall not accept money from him who is guilty of blood, and he shall be put to death promptly. "
— Numbers 35:31, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.”
“Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death. ”
“"'Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.”
“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.”
“You shall not take money of him that is guilty of blood, but he shall die forthwith.”
“Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.”
“Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.”
For the fugitive ought to have resided in the city, until the death of the high priest. Then, after he is dead, the one who has killed shall be returned to his own land.
These things shall be a perpetual ordinance in all your habitations.
The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person.
You shall not accept money from him who is guilty of blood, and he shall be put to death promptly.
Exiles and fugitives, prior to the death of the high priest, are by no means able to be returned to their own cities.
Do not pollute the land of your habitation, so as to stain it with the blood of the innocent; neither is it able to be expiated in any way other than by the blood of him who has shed the blood of another.
And so shall your possession be cleansed, while I myself am abiding with you. For I am the Lord, who lives among the sons of Israel.”