Numbers 35:32

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

And if you have been proved innocent of murder and are living in a Safe Town, you cannot pay to go back home; you must stay there until the high priest dies.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:4

The Gibeonites answered, “Silver and gold from Saul and his family are not enough. On the other hand, we don't have the right to put any Israelite to death.” David said, “I'll do whatever you ask.”

Numbers 35:31

You cannot give someone money to escape the death penalty; you must pay with your own life!

Numbers 35:33

I, the LORD, live among you people of Israel, so your land must be kept pure. But when a murder takes place, blood pollutes the land, and it becomes unclean. If that happens, the murderer must be put to death, so the land will be clean again. Keep murder out of Israel!

Acts 4:12

Only Jesus has the power to save! His name is the only one in all the world that can save anyone.

Galatians 2:21

I don't turn my back on God's undeserved kindness. If we can be acceptable to God by obeying the Law, it was useless for Christ to die.

Galatians 3:22

But the Scriptures say that sin controls everyone, so that God's promises will be for anyone who has faith in Jesus Christ.

Revelation 5:9

Then they sang a new song, “You are worthy to receive the scroll and open its seals, because you were killed. And with your own blood you bought for God people from every tribe, language, nation, and race.