You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death. Cross References Leviticus 24:17 And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death. Numbers 35:17 Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death. Numbers 35:30 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness. Numbers 35:32 Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest. Deuteronomy 27:24 Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.' And let all the people say, 'Amen!' 2 Samuel 21:4 The Gibeonites said to him, "We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us." "Whatever you ask, I will do for you," he replied. Treasury of Scripture Moreover you shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. moreover Genesis 9:5,6 Exodus 21:14 Deuteronomy 19:11-13 guilty of death. |