29. These will be the regulations and case laws for all time in all your settlements.
30. Anyone who kills another will be executed on the evidence of witnesses. But one witness alone cannot testify against a person for a death sentence.
31. You may not accept a ransom for the life of a killer, who is guilty of a capital crime, for he must definitely be put to death.
32. You may not accept a ransom for someone who has fled to his refuge city so that he can return and live in the land before the priest’s death.