“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surel
The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a
Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his n
And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is foun
and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of b
But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you
so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the aven
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”
And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be
and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will b