Numbers 35:24 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁴ then the congregation shall judge between him who killed someone and the revenger of blood, according to these right-rulings.

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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,

Numbers 35:24 Cross References

Numbers 35:12

‘And they shall be cities of refuge for you from the revenger, and the one who killed someone is not to die until he stands before the congregation in right-ruling.

Numbers 35:23

or uses a stone, by which a man could die, throwing it at him without seeing him, so that he dies, while he was not his enemy or seeking his harm,

Numbers 35:25

‘And the congregation shall rescue the one who killed someone from the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall return him to the city of refuge where he had fled, and he shall remain there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the set-apart oil.

Joshua 20:6

‘And he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for right-ruling, and until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then let the slayer return and come to his own city and his own house, to the city from which he fled.’ ”