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Negative commandment 296 of 365

Not to accept ransom from an accidental homicide, so as to relieve him from exile

Maimonides

Not to accept ransom from an accidental homicide, so as to relieve him from exile, as it is said, “And ye shall take no ransom for him that is to flee to the city of his refuge” (Num. 35: 32).

Numbers 35:32

KJV
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
ASV
And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
WEB
“‘You shall take no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land before the death of the priest.
JPS
And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.