Deuteronomy 19:12
ContextNET © | The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger 1 to die. |
NIV © | the elders of his town shall send for him, bring him back from the city, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die. |
NASB © | then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. |
NLT © | In that case, the leaders of the murderer’s hometown must have the murderer brought back from the city of refuge and handed over to the dead person’s avenger to be killed. |
MSG © | The elders of his own city are to send for him and have him brought back. They are to hand him over to the avenger of blood for execution. |
BBE © | The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death. |
NRSV © | then the elders of the killer’s city shall send to have the culprit taken from there and handed over to the avenger of blood to be put to death. |
NKJV © | "then the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and deliver him over to the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. |
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NET © | The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger 1 to die. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The גֹאֵל הַדָּם (go’el 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. |