“then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Deuteronomy 19 contains 21 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.