Num 35:19-27, Jos 20:5, 9, Eze 25:14, Rom 12:19 | ESV | STEP | The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death ; when he meets him, he shall put him to death .

a Deut. 19:6, 12; Josh. 20:3, 5

b Ex. 21:14; Deut. 19:11

c[See ver. 19 above]

d Ex. 21:13

e ver. 12; Josh. 20:6

f[See ver. 19 above]

g Josh. 20:6

h Ex. 29:7; Lev. 4:3; 21:10

i[See ver. 19 above]

j Num. 35:15

k Amos 9:12; Obad. 18

l[ver. 17]

m Prov. 20:22; Matt. 5:39; [ch. 14:19]

o Heb. 10:30; Cited from Deut. 32:35; [Ps. 94:1; 1 Thess. 4:6]

Numbers 35:19-27

19 ^aThe avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death. 20 And if he pushed him out of hatred or hurled something at him, ^blying in wait, so that he died, 21 or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death. He is a murderer. ^cThe avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

22 “But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him ^dwithout lying in wait 23 or used a stone that could cause death, and without seeing him dropped it on him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy and did not seek his harm, 24 then ^ethe congregation shall judge between the manslayer and ^fthe avenger of blood, in accordance with these rules. 25 And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it ^guntil the death of the high priest ^hwho was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the boundaries of his city of refuge to which he fled, 27 and ⁱthe avenger of blood finds him outside the boundaries of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood.

Joshua 20:5

5 And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not give up the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unknowingly, and did not hate him in the past.

Joshua 20:9

9 These were the cities designated for all the people of Israel and ^jfor the stranger sojourning among them, that anyone who killed a person without intent could flee there, so that he might not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, till he stood before the congregation.

Ezekiel 25:14

14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom ^kby the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and ^lthey shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God.

Romans 12:19

19 Beloved, ^mnever avenge yourselves, but leave it ^{▼▼Greek give place} to the wrath of God, for it is written, ^o“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”