Numbers 35:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁴ then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these ordinances;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

Common English Bible

²⁴ then the community must come to a verdict between the killer and the close relative in accordance with these case laws.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ and this has been proven in the hearing of the people, and the questions have been aired, between the one who struck and the close relative,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin:

Numbers 35:24 Cross References

Numbers 35:12

The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

Numbers 35:23

or used a stone, by which a man may die, and without seeing him cast it upon him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy, and did not seek his harm;

Numbers 35:25

and the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

Joshua 20:6

And he shall remain in that city until he has stood before the congregation for judgment, until the death of him who is high priest at the time: then the slayer may go again to his own town and his own home, to the town from which he fled.’ ”