12then 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.


In Context

9 (if thou keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk in his ways continually), then shalt thou add three cities more for thyself to these three,

10 that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and blood come not upon thee.

11 But if a man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and he flee into one of these cities,

12 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.

13 Thine eye shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee.

14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have fixed in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess.

Deuteronomy 19:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Then 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:12the elders of his town shall send for him, bring him back from the city, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:12The 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:12then 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:12then 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12Then 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12then 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12then 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Then 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.