Verse 12
And the cities{H5892} shall be unto you for refuge{H4733} from the avenger,{H1350} that the manslayer{H7523} die{H4191} not, until he stand{H5975} before{H6440} the congregation{H5712} for judgment.{H4941}
Referenced Verses
- Deut 19:6 : 6 lest the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} pursue{H7291} the manslayer,{H310} while{H3588} his heart{H3824} is hot,{H3179} and overtake{H5381} him, because the way{H1870} is long,{H7235} and smite him{H5315} mortally;{H5221} whereas he was not worthy{H4941} of death,{H4194} inasmuch as{H3588} he hated{H8130} him not in time{H8543} past.{H8032}
- Josh 20:3-6 : 3 that the manslayer{H7523} that killeth{H5221} any person{H5315} unwittingly{H7684} [and] unawares{H7684} may flee{H5127} thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge{H4733} from the avenger{H1350} of blood.{H1818} 4 And he shall flee{H5127} unto one{H259} of those cities,{H5892} and shall stand{H5975} at the entrance{H6607} of the gate{H8179} of the city,{H5892} and declare{H1696} his cause{H1697} in the ears{H241} of the elders{H2205} of that city;{H5892} and they shall take{H622} him into the city{H5892} unto them, and give{H5414} him a place,{H4725} that he may dwell{H3427} among them. 5 And if the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} pursue{H7291} after{H310} him, then they shall not deliver{H5462} up the manslayer{H7523} into his hand;{H3027} because he smote{H5221} his neighbor{H7453} unawares,{H1097} and hated{H8130} him not beforetime.{H8543} 6 And he shall dwell{H3427} in that city,{H5892} until he stand{H5975} before{H6440} the congregation{H5712} for judgment,{H4941} until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest{H3548} that{H834} shall be in those days:{H3117} then shall the manslayer{H7523} return,{H7725} and come{H935} unto his own city,{H5892} and unto his own house,{H1004} unto the city{H5892} from whence he fled.{H5127}
- Josh 20:9 : 9 These were the appointed{H4152} cities{H5892} for all the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and for the stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481} among{H8432} them, that whosoever killeth{H5221} any person{H5315} unwittingly{H7684} might flee{H5127} thither, and not die{H4191} by the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350} of blood,{H1818} until he stood{H5975} before{H6440} the congregation.{H5712}
- 2 Sam 14:7 : 7 And, behold, the whole family{H4940} is risen{H6965} against thy handmaid,{H8198} and they say,{H559} Deliver{H5414} him that smote{H5221} his brother,{H251} that we may kill{H4191} him for the life{H5315} of his brother{H251} whom he slew,{H2026} and so destroy{H8045} the heir{H3423} also. Thus will they quench{H3518} my coal{H1513} which is left,{H7760} and will leave{H7760} to my husband{H376} neither name{H8034} nor remainder{H7611} upon{H6440} the face of the earth.{H127}
- Deut 19:11-12 : 11 But if any man{H376} hate{H8130} his neighbor,{H7453} and lie in wait{H693} for him, and rise up{H6965} against him, and smite{H5221} him mortally{H5315} so that he dieth,{H4191} and he flee{H5127} into one{H259} of these{H411} cities;{H5892} 12 then the elders{H2205} of his city{H5892} shall send{H7971} and fetch{H3947} him thence, and deliver{H5414} him into the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350} of blood,{H1818} that he may die.{H4191}
- Num 35:19 : 19 The avenger of blood{H1818} shall himself put the murderer{H7523} to death:{H4191} when he{H1931} meeteth{H6293} him, he{H1931} shall put him to death.{H4191}
- Num 35:24-27 : 24 then the congregation{H5712} shall judge{H8199} between the smiter{H5221} and the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} according to these ordinances;{H4941} 25 and the congregation{H5712} shall deliver{H5337} the manslayer{H7523} out of the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350} of blood,{H1818} and the congregation{H5712} shall restore{H7725} him to his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} whither he was fled:{H5127} and he shall dwell{H3427} therein until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest,{H3548} who was anointed{H4886} with the holy{H6944} oil.{H8081} 26 But if the manslayer{H7523} shall at any time{H3318} go{H3318} beyond the border{H1366} of his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} whither he fleeth,{H5127} 27 and the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} find{H4672} him without{H2351} the border{H1366} of his city{H5892} of refuge,{H4733} and the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} slay{H7523} the manslayer;{H7523} he shall not be guilty of blood,{H1818}