# רָצַח (ratsach) Israeli respelling: ra-tsach. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H7523. 40 Old Testament occurrences. properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder King James renderings: put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er). Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/ratsach-h7523 ## Occurrences - [Exodus 20:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/20/13) — Thou shalt not kill. - [Numbers 35:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/6) — And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, t… - [Numbers 35:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/11) — Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. - [Numbers 35:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/12) — And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgme… - [Numbers 35:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/16) — And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. - [Numbers 35:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/17) — And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. - [Numbers 35:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/18) — Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to dea… - [Numbers 35:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/19) — The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. - [Numbers 35:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/21) — Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of bl… - [Numbers 35:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/25) — And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city… - [Numbers 35:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/26) — But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; - [Numbers 35:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/27) — And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not b… - [Numbers 35:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/28) — Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the sl… - [Numbers 35:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/30) — Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any perso… - [Numbers 35:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/31) — 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. - [Deuteronomy 4:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/4/42) — That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of… - [Deuteronomy 5:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/5/17) — Thou shalt not kill. - [Deuteronomy 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/19/3) — Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that eve… - [Deuteronomy 19:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/19/4) — And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not i… - [Deuteronomy 19:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/19/6) — Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas h… - [Deuteronomy 22:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/22/26) — But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, a… - [Joshua 20:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/20/3) — That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. - [Joshua 20:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/20/5) — And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwit… - [Joshua 20:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/20/6) — And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be… - [Joshua 21:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/21/13) — Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her subu… - [Joshua 21:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/21/21) — For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, - [Joshua 21:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/21/27) — And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with he… - [Joshua 21:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/21/32) — And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburb… - [Joshua 21:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/21/38) — And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, - [Judges 20:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/20/4) — And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubi… - [1 Kings 21:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/21/19) — And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, say… - [2 Kings 6:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/6/32) — But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he sa… - [Job 24:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/24/14) — The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. - [Psalms 62:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/62/3) — How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. - [Psalms 94:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/94/6) — They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. - [Proverbs 22:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/13) — The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. - [Isaiah 1:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/1/21) — How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. - [Jeremiah 7:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/7/9) — Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; - [Hosea 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/4/2) — By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. - [Hosea 6:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/6/9) — And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.