en_tn/deu/19/12.md

# must send and bring him back from there

"must send someone to get him and bring him back from the city that he escaped to"

# turn him over

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "give him over" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# into the hand of the responsible relative

Here "the hand" represents the authority of someone. Alternate translation: "to the authority of the responsible relative" or "to the responsible relative" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# the responsible relative

This is the relative of the person who was killed. This relative is responsible for punishing the murderer.

# he may die

"the murderer may die" or "the responsible relative may execute the murderer"