Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Deuteronomy 19:12
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the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
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Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
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then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
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then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
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Deuteronomy 19
10 Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
11 If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
12 the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
13 You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
14 You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
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