Verse 30

However, if a ransom is imposed on him, he must pay whatever is demanded for the redemption of his life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 21:22 : 22 If men are fighting and they strike a pregnant woman, causing her to give birth prematurely but there is no further injury, the offender must pay whatever the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.
  • Exod 30:12 : 12 When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each shall give a ransom for his life to the LORD when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them.
  • Num 35:31-33 : 31 You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; they must surely be put to death. 32 Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing them to return to live in the land before the death of the high priest. 33 Do not pollute the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land; and no atonement can be made for the land that has been defiled by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who shed it.
  • Prov 13:8 : 8 A person's wealth may ransom their life, but the poor hear no threat.