Num 35:31-32 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 35:31-32: 35:31-32 The payment of a ransom (monetary compensation) to free a convicted murderer from execution was prohibited, since the death penalty was required (cp. 2 Sam 21:2-9 ). Similarly, the slayer in an involuntary manslaughter could not pay a ransom to get around his confinement in a city of refuge.

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‏ Numbers 35:31-32

Summary for Num 35:31-32: 35:31-32 ^a The payment of a ransom (monetary compensation) to free a convicted murderer from execution was prohibited, since the death penalty was required (cp. 2 Sam 21:2-9 ^b). Similarly, the slayer in an involuntary manslaughter could not pay a ransom to get around his confinement in a city of refuge.