King James Version
Numbers 35:19 in the King James Version says “The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.”
Numbers 35:19 · KJV
And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. with: Heb. with a stone of the hand
Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The revenger”
H1350to redeem (according to the middle eastern law of kinship), i.e., to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his wido
“of blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
“him he”
H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“himself shall slay”
H4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the murderer”
H7523properly, to dash in pieces, i.e., kill (a human being), especially to murder
“when he meeteth”
H6293to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
“him he”
H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“himself shall slay”
H4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
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