Numbers 35:24

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

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  • Josh 20:6 : 6 The person must stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may return to their own city and home, from which they fled.
  • Num 35:12 : 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.

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  • Num 35:25-33
    9 verses
    85%

    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.

    29 These are to be legal requirements for you throughout your generations in all your settlements.

    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.

    32 Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing them to return to live in the land before the death of the high priest.

    33 Do not pollute the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land; and no atonement can be made for the land that has been defiled by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who shed it.

  • Num 35:11-13
    3 verses
    83%

    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.

    13 The cities you are to give will serve as six cities of refuge.

  • Num 35:15-23
    9 verses
    82%

    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.

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

    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,

  • Deut 19:10-13
    4 verses
    81%

    10 This is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood within the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

    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.

  • Josh 20:3-6
    4 verses
    78%

    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.

    6 The person must stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may return to their own city and home, from which they fled.

  • Deut 21:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    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,

    2 then your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance to the surrounding cities.

  • Deut 19:3-6
    4 verses
    77%

    3 Prepare roads for yourself and divide your land into three regions, the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that anyone who kills someone may flee there.

    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.

  • Josh 20:9
    77%

    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.

  • Lev 24:17
    74%

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

  • Deut 4:42
    73%

    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.

  • Exod 21:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Lev 24:21
    72%

    21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a person must be put to death.

  • Deut 17:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7 The hands of the witnesses must be the first to put the person to death, and then the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from among you.

    8 If a case arises that is too difficult for you to judge—whether bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults—matters of dispute in your towns, you are to go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

  • Deut 13:9
    71%

    9 do not yield to him or listen to him. Show no pity or compassion, and do not shield him.

  • Deut 25:1
    71%

    1 If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court for judgment, the judges shall justify the innocent and condemn the guilty.

  • Deut 19:19
    71%

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

  • 1 Sam 24:12
    70%

    12 Look, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. Know and understand that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not sinned against you, but you are hunting me down to take my life.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    70%

    10 Whatever case comes to you from your fellow Israelites living in their cities—whether of bloodshed or other matters of the law, commands, statutes, or decrees—you are to warn them not to sin against the LORD; otherwise, His wrath will come upon you and your people. Do this, and you will not sin.

  • Num 15:35
    70%

    35 The Lord said to Moses, 'The man must be put to death. The whole assembly is to stone him outside the camp.'