Deuteronomy 19:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Here is the law concerning a case of someone who kills a person and flees there to save his life, having killed his neighbour accidentally without previously hating him:

Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:42

Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbour accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive:

Isaiah 30:33

Indeed! Topheth has been ready for the king for a long time. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the Lord,  like a torrent of burning sulphur, kindles it.

1 Chronicles 11:2

Even previously when Saul was king, you were leading Israel out to battle and bringing us back. The Lord your God also said to you, “You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over my people Israel.” ’

Joshua 3:4

But keep a distance of about a kilometre  between yourselves and the ark. Don’t go near it, so that you can see the way to go, for you haven’t travelled this way before.’

Deuteronomy 19:6

Otherwise, the avenger of blood in the heat of his anger  might pursue the one who committed manslaughter, overtake him because the distance is great, and strike him dead. Yet he did not deserve to die,  since he did not previously hate his neighbour.

Genesis 31:2

And Jacob saw from Laban’s face that his attitude towards him was not the same as before.

Numbers 35:9

The Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 35:12

You will have the cities as a refuge from the avenger,  so that the one who kills someone will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

Deuteronomy 19:3

You are to determine the distances  and divide the land the Lord your God is granting you as an inheritance into three regions, so that anyone who commits manslaughter can flee to these cities.

Deuteronomy 19:5

If, for example, he goes into the forest with his neighbour to cut timber, and his hand swings the axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes his neighbour so that he dies, that person may flee to one of these cities and live.

2 Samuel 14:11

She replied, ‘Please, may the king invoke the Lord your God, so that the avenger of blood will not increase the loss, and they will not eliminate my son! ’ ‘As the Lord lives,’ he vowed, ‘not a hair of your son will fall to the ground.’