Numbers 35:31
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.
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Discussion
"Whatever reaction the eye-for-an-eye rule elicits from your modern sensibilities, one thing is for sure. No murderer or rapist who was put to death has ever gone on to hurt anyone else."
Gordan Runyan, "Radical Moses: The Amazing Civil Freedom Built into Ancient Israel" (2023)