Deu 19:12 | NETfull | STEP | 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.

Deuteronomy 19:12

12 The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger ^{▼▼ 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.} to die.