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The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
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Justice, Not Private Vengeance
Commentators clarify that the "avenger of blood" was not a vigilante acting on personal whim. Scholars like John Gill, citing ancient Jewish interpretations, explain that this execution would happen only after a formal trial had condemned the person as a murderer. The system was designed to ensure public justice was carried out, not to endorse private revenge.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The meaning is: Since taking another person’s life by any means whatever is murder and exposes the murderer to the penalty of retaliation, if the d…
16th Century
Protestant
The revenger 55of blood himself.
When God commanded that murderers should suffer death, He required that they be condemn…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer Not only shall have power to do it, but, as it seems, should b…
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To show plainly the abhorrence of murder, and to provide more effectively for the punishment of the murderer, the nearest relation of the deceased,…
