Bible Dictionary
SATISFACTION
In older English translations, satisfaction in Numbers 35:31-32 means a ransom or payment offered as compensation for a life. The law forbade accepting such payment for murder or for releasing a manslayer from the appointed protection.
Biblical Usage
Numbers 35:31-32 forbids accepting satisfaction, or ransom, for a murderer or for the return of a manslayer. The supplied material also notes that the Old Testament law permits such compensation only in the case of a person killed by a goring ox.