Numbers 35:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

no satisfaction. no ransom. Compare Psalms 49:7. Only God can redeem (Numbers 35:15).

life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

which is guilty of death. if he has unlawfully caused death: "guilty" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, for the crime which has caused it. Hebrew "wicked, to die".

Numbers 35:31

31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guiltya of death: but he shall be surely put to death.