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Negative commandment 295 of 365

Not to accept ransom from a murderer

Maimonides

Not to accept ransom from a murderer, as it is said, “Ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer” (Num. 35:31).*In Maimonides’ Sefer-Ha-Mitzvoth, the order of Prohibitions 295 and 296 is reversed.*In Maimonides’ Sefer-Ha-Mitzvoth, the order of Prohibitions 295 and 296 is reversed.

Numbers 35:31

KJV
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
ASV
Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.
WEB
“‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death. He shall surely be put to death.
JPS
Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.