Numbers 35:31 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Numbers 35:31 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 35:31 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 35:31 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death. He shall surely be put to death.”

Numbers 35:31 — World English Bible

Numbers 35:31 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

Numbers 35:31 — American Standard Version

Numbers 35:31 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who <FI>is<Fi> condemned--to die, for he is certainly put to death;”

Numbers 35:31 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 35:31 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death. ”

Numbers 35:31 — Darby Translation

Numbers 35:31 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Moreouer ye shall take no recompense for the life of the murtherer, which is worthy to die: but he shalbe put to death.”

Numbers 35:31 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 35:31 in Context — Numbers 35

29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

31 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.

32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

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What Does Numbers 35:31 Mean?

Numbers 35:31 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 35. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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