Numbers 35:22

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But if suddenly, without hostility, someone pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally,

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  • Exod 21:13 : 13 But if he did not intend to kill, and it was allowed by God to happen, then I will provide a place where he can flee.
  • Num 35:11 : 11 you shall designate cities to serve as cities of refuge where someone who unintentionally kills another may flee.
  • Deut 19:5 : 5 for instance, when a man goes with his neighbor into the forest to cut wood and his hand swings the axe to cut the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his neighbor, and he dies—that man may flee to one of these cities and live.
  • Josh 20:3 : 3 These cities are to be a place where someone who unintentionally kills another person without malice can flee. They will serve as a refuge from the avenger of blood.
  • Josh 20:5 : 5 If the avenger of blood pursues them, the city must not hand over the one who committed the killing, because they killed their neighbor unintentionally and without prior hostility.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 35:15-21
    7 verses
    91%

    15 These six cities will be a refuge for the Israelites, for the foreigner, and for the sojourner living among them, so that anyone who unintentionally kills another can flee there.

    16 But if someone strikes another with an iron object and the person dies, they are a murderer, and the murderer shall be put to death.

    17 If someone strikes another with a stone that is large enough to cause death and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

    18 Or if someone strikes another with a wooden tool that could cause death, and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

    19 The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when they encounter the murderer, the avenger is to put them to death.

    20 If someone pushes another out of hatred or throws something at them with intent and the person dies,

    21 or if in hostility someone strikes another with their hand and the person dies, the one who struck them must be put to death. They are a murderer. The avenger of blood is to execute the sentence when they meet the murderer.

  • Num 35:23-28
    6 verses
    90%

    23 or if, without seeing them, they drop a stone on someone that could cause death, and the person dies, but there was no enmity or intentional harm between them,

    24 then the assembly must judge between the one who caused the death and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

    25 The assembly shall protect the one who caused the death from the avenger of blood and send them back to the city of refuge they fled to. They must remain there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

    26 But if the one who caused the death goes outside the boundaries of the city of refuge to which they fled,

    27 and the avenger of blood finds the offender outside the city and kills them, the avenger shall not be guilty of bloodshed.

    28 The one who caused the death must remain in the city of refuge until the high priest dies; only after the death of the high priest may they return to their own property.

  • Josh 20:3-5
    3 verses
    81%

    3 These cities are to be a place where someone who unintentionally kills another person without malice can flee. They will serve as a refuge from the avenger of blood.

    4 The one who flees to one of these cities must stand at the entrance of the city gate and explain their case to the elders of that city. They should take the person into the city, provide a place for them to stay, and allow them to live among them.

    5 If the avenger of blood pursues them, the city must not hand over the one who committed the killing, because they killed their neighbor unintentionally and without prior hostility.

  • Deut 19:11-13
    3 verses
    79%

    11 But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and then flees to one of these cities,

    12 the elders of his city shall send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to be put to death.

    13 Do not pity him, but purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

  • Exod 21:12-14
    3 verses
    78%

    12 Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.

    13 But if he did not intend to kill, and it was allowed by God to happen, then I will provide a place where he can flee.

    14 However, if someone schemes and acts deliberately to kill his neighbor, you shall take him even from my altar to be put to death.

  • Deut 19:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

    4 Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: whoever strikes his neighbor unintentionally, without prior malice,

    5 for instance, when a man goes with his neighbor into the forest to cut wood and his hand swings the axe to cut the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his neighbor, and he dies—that man may flee to one of these cities and live.

    6 Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in anger, overtake him because the way is long, and strike him fatally, even though the manslayer does not deserve death, since he had no prior hatred towards his neighbor.

  • Exod 21:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18 If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

    19 if the injured man is able to get up and walk around outside with a staff, the one who struck him shall be acquitted. Nevertheless, he must pay for the time lost and ensure the injured man is completely healed.

  • Deut 4:42
    75%

    42 These were for anyone who accidentally killed a neighbor without prior hostility, so that they could flee to one of these cities and live.

  • Num 35:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11 you shall designate cities to serve as cities of refuge where someone who unintentionally kills another may flee.

    12 These cities shall serve as a refuge from the avenger of blood, so that the one who killed someone unintentionally may not be put to death until they stand trial before the congregation.

  • Exod 22:2
    74%

    2 If the sun has risen on him, there is bloodguilt for his death. He must pay restitution; and if he owns nothing, he shall be sold for his theft.

  • Josh 20:9
    73%

    9 These were the appointed cities for all the Israelites and for the foreigners living among them, so that anyone who unintentionally killed another person could flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until they stood trial before the assembly.

  • Deut 21:1
    73%

    1 If someone is found dead in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in a field, and it is unknown who struck him,

  • Prov 28:17
    72%

    17 A man burdened with the guilt of bloodshed will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

  • Exod 21:23
    72%

    23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life,

  • Lev 24:17-19
    3 verses
    71%

    17 Anyone who takes the life of another person must be put to death.

    18 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.

    19 If anyone injures their neighbor, whatever they have done must be done to them.

  • Ps 7:4
    71%

    4 O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands,

  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30 Anyone who kills another person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses; but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

    31 You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; they must surely be put to death.

  • Prov 3:30
    71%

    30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason, when they have done you no harm.

  • Ps 37:32
    70%

    32 The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • 1 Kgs 20:37
    70%

    37 The prophet found another man and said, 'Please strike me.' So the man struck him and wounded him.

  • Prov 26:18
    70%

    18 Like a madman who shoots fiery arrows, arrows, and death,

  • Prov 1:11
    70%

    11 If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;'

  • Deut 19:19
    70%

    19 you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you.

  • Deut 22:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25 But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and forces her and lies with her, only the man who has done this shall die.

    26 You shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no sin deserving death. This case is like when a man rises against his neighbor and murders him.

  • Exod 2:12
    69%

    12 Looking this way and that, and seeing no one, Moses struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.