and is found by the avenger of blood outside the bounds of the city of refuge and is killed by the avenger, no bloodguilt shall be incurred.
Numbers 35:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For the slayer must remain in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest, but after the death of the high priest the slayer may return to his property. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because the manslayer should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the high priest's death the manslayer shall return to the land of his possession. American Standard Version (1901) because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession. Common English Bible The killer must live in his refuge city until the high priest’s death. After the high priest’s death the killer may return to the land he owns. Catholic Public Domain Version For the fugitive ought to have resided in the city, until the death of the high priest. Then, after he is dead, the one who has killed shall be returned to his own land. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the fugitive ought to have stayed in the city until the death of the high priest. And after he is dead, then shall the manslayer return to his own country. |
and is found by the avenger of blood outside the bounds of the city of refuge and is killed by the avenger, no bloodguilt shall be incurred.
“These things shall be a statute and ordinance for you throughout your generations wherever you live.
When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast devotion,
Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”
But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost but among those who have faith and so preserve our souls.
For we have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end.