Numbers 35:25

Conservative English Version

If they decide that you are innocent, you will be protected from the victim's relative and sent to stay in one of the Safe Towns until the high priest dies.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God doesn't take our lives. Instead, he figures out ways of bringing us back when we run away.

Exodus 29:7

and then ordain him by pouring olive oil on his head.

Leviticus 21:10

If you are the high priest, you must not mess up your hair or tear your clothes in order to mourn for the dead.

Leviticus 4:3

When the high priest sins, he makes everyone else guilty too. And so, he must sacrifice a young bull that has nothing wrong with it.

Leviticus 8:12

He also poured some of the oil on Aaron's head to dedicate him to the LORD.

Numbers 35:24

(SEE 35:22)

Numbers 35:26

But if you ever leave the Safe Town

Numbers 35:28

You must stay inside the town until the high priest dies; only then can you go back home.

Joshua 20:6

The citizens of that Safe Town must come together and hold a trial. They may decide that the victim was killed accidentally and that the accused is not guilty of murder. Everyone found not guilty must still live in the Safe Town until the high priest dies. Then they can go back to their own towns and their homes that they had to leave behind.