Numbers 35:21

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Or in enmity struck him down with his hand so that he died, he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meets him.

Cross References

Genesis 4:14

Behold, You have driven me out this day from the face of the land, and from Your face I will be hidden; and I will be a fugitive and a vagabond and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.

Genesis 9:5

And surely for your lifeblood I will require an accounting; from every beast I will require it; and from man, from every man [who spills another's lifeblood] I will require a reckoning.

2 Samuel 14:11

Then she said, I pray you, let the king remember the Lord your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And David said, As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.

Ezekiel 16:38

And I the Lord will judge you as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged, and I will bring upon you the blood of [your divine Husband's] wrath and jealousy. [Num. 5:18.]

Numbers 35:19

The avenger of blood shall himself slay the murderer; when he meets him, he shall slay him.

Numbers 35:20

But if he stabbed him through hatred or hurled at him by lying in wait so that he died

Numbers 35:22

But if he stabbed him suddenly without enmity or threw anything at or upon him without lying in wait