11 ¶ But if a man hate his neighbor, and lay wait for him, and rise against him, and smite any man that he die, and flee unto any of these cities,

12 Then the [a]Elders of his city shall send and fet him thence, and deliver him to the hands of the avenger of the blood, that he may die.

13 Thine [b]eye shall not spare him, but thou shalt put away the cry of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:12 The Magistrates.
  2. Deuteronomy 19:13 Then whosoever pardoneth murder, offendeth against the word of God.

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