Numbers 35:31 Cross References
Numbers 35:31
31: Also, you must never accept a ransom payment for the life of someone judged guilty of murder and subject to execution; murderers must always be put to death.
Genesis 9:5
- And murder is forbidden. Animals that kill people must die, and any person who murders must be killed.
- Yes, you must execute anyone who murders another person, for to kill a person is to kill a living being made in God's image.
Psalms 51:14
- Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.
Deuteronomy 19:11
- "But suppose someone hates a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders that neighbor and then escapes to one of the cities of refuge.
- In that case, the leaders of the murderer's hometown must have the murderer brought back from the city of refuge and handed over to the dead person's avenger to be killed.
- Do not feel sorry for that murderer! Purge the guilt of murder from Israel so all may go well with you.
2 Samuel 12:13
- Then David confessed to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Nathan replied, "Yes, but the LORD has forgiven you, and you won't die for this sin.
Exodus 21:14
- However, if someone deliberately attacks and kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and put to death.
1 Kings 2:28
- Although he had not followed Absalom earlier, Joab had also joined Adonijah's revolt. When Joab heard about Adonijah's death, he ran to the sacred tent of the LORD and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
- When news of this reached King Solomon, he sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada to execute him.
- Benaiah went into the sacred tent of the LORD and said to Joab, "The king orders you to come out!" But Joab answered, "No, I will die here." So Benaiah returned to the king and told him what Joab had said.
- "Do as he said," the king replied. "Kill him there beside the altar and bury him. This will remove the guilt of his senseless murders from me and from my father's family.
- Then the LORD will repay him for the murders of two men who were more righteous and better than he. For my father was no party to the deaths of Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.