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Deuteronomy 19:10

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10Do this so that innocent blood will not be shedt in the midst of your land that Yahweh your God is giving to you as an inheritance and thereby bloodguilt would be on you.u

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Footnotes

  1. tHebrew “is not shed”
  2. uHebrew “shall be on you,” but conditional sense of imperfect is clear

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

lest innocent blood be shed in your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do this so that innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In this way, innocent blood will not be shed, and you will not become guilty of bloodshed in the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

NLTNew Living Translation

That way you will prevent the death of innocent people in the land the Lord your God is giving you as your special possession. You will not be held responsible for the death of innocent people.

KJV 1900King James Version

That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.