Deuteronomy 19:12
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New International Version (©2011)
the killer shall be sent for by the town elders, be brought back from the city, and be handed over to the avenger of blood to die.

New Living Translation (©2007)
In that case, the elders of the murderer's hometown must send agents to the city of refuge to bring him back and hand him over to the dead person's avenger to be put to death.

English Standard Version (©2001)
then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
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.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
the elders of his city must send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood and he will die.

International Standard Version (©2012)
then the elders of his own city shall send for him, remove him from there, and deliver him to the related avenger for execution.

NET Bible (©2006)
The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
If someone does this, the leaders of your city must send for that person. They must take him from that city and hand him over to the relative who has the authority to avenge the death. He must die.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Then the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

American King James Version
Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The ancients of his city shall send, and take him out of the place of refuge, and shall deliver him into the hand of the kinsman of him whose blood was shed, and he shall die.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the elders of his city shall send and bring him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
then the elders of his city have sent and taken him from thence, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he hath died;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

19:1-13 Here is the law settled between the blood of the murdered, and the blood of the murderer; provision is made, that the cities of refuge should be a protection, so that a man should not die for that as a crime, which was not his willing act. In Christ, the Lord our Righteousness, refuge is provided for those who by faith flee unto him. But there is no refuge in Jesus Christ for presumptuous sinners, who go on still in their trespasses. Those who flee to Christ from their sins, shall be safe in him, but not those who expect to be sheltered by him in their sins.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence,.... The Targum of Jonathan is,"the wise men of his city,''the sanhedrim, or court of judicature, or at least the civil magistrates of that city, to which such a murderer belonged, had a power to send to the city of refuge whither he was fled, and demand the delivering of him up to them, that his case might be tried before them, and it might appear whether he was a proper person to receive the benefit of the city of refuge or not, and if not, to pass sentence of death upon him, and see it executed as follows:

and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die; that is, after the examination and trial of him, and when he is found guilty, and sentence is passed upon him, then he was to be delivered into the hands of the avenger of blood, to be the executioner of that sentence.

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Cities of Refuge
…11But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and flees into one of these cities: 12Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

Exodus 21:14 But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:11 But if out of hate someone lies in wait, assaults and kills a neighbor, and then flees to one of these cities,
Deuteronomy 19:13 Show no pity. You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, so that it may go well with you.
2 Samuel 14:7 Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, 'Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir as well.' They would put out the only burning coal I have left, leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth."