Números 35:31

31 Y no tomaréis precio por la vida del homicida; porque está condenado a muerte; mas indefectiblemente morirá.

Números 35:31 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:31

Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a
murderer
Though he would give all his wealth and substance, all his estates and possessions, and whatever he is worth in the world; for all that a man has he will give for his life; but these are not to be taken, nor anything, and everything his friends may offer for him; all is to be rejected, the life of such a man is not to be saved on any consideration:

which is guilty of death;
as he is who kills a man willingly and purposely; but one may be guilty of killing another, and yet not be deserving of death, when it is done ignorantly and accidentally with respect to him, for which reason this clause is added: but he shall be surely put to death; by the order of the civil magistrate; and if this is not done either through want of evidence, or the fault of the judge, or the criminal clemency of the chief governor, God sooner or later will take vengeance on such a person.

Números 35:31 In-Context

29 Y estas cosas os serán por ordenanza de derecho por vuestras edades, en todas vuestras habitaciones.

30 Cualquiera que hiriere a alguno, por dicho de testigos, morirá el homicida; mas un solo testigo no hablará contra alguna persona para que muera.

31 Y no tomaréis precio por la vida del homicida; porque está condenado a muerte; mas indefectiblemente morirá.

32 Ni tampoco tomaréis precio del que huyó a su ciudad de acogimiento, para que vuelva a vivir en su tierra, hasta que muera el sacerdote.

33 Y no contaminaréis la tierra donde estuviereis; porque esta sangre contaminará la tierra; y la tierra no será expiada de la sangre que fue derramada en ella, sino por la sangre del que la derramó.