Deuteronomy 19:12

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 21:7

21:7 Then they must proclaim, “Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we ²  witnessed the crime. ³ 

Deuteronomy 21:9

21:9 In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before ⁴  the Lord.

[19:12]  ¹ tn The גֹאֵל הַדָּם (go’el 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.

[21:7]  ² tn Heb “our eyes.” This is a figure of speech known as synecdoche in which the part (the eyes) is put for the whole (the entire person).

[21:7]  ³ tn Heb “seen”; the implied object (the crime committed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:9]  ³ tn Heb “in the eyes of” (so ASV, NASB, NIV).