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Deuteronomy 19:12

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19:12 The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger 1  to die.

Deuteronomy 21:19

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21:19 his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

Deuteronomy 25:8

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25:8 Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, “I don’t want to marry her,”
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[19:12]  1 tn The גֹאֵל הַדָּם (goel haddam, “avenger of blood”) would ordinarily be a member of the victim’s family who, after due process of law, was invited to initiate the process of execution (cf. Num 35:16-28). See R. Hubbard, NIDOTTE 1:789-94.



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