Numbers 35:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

Cross References

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.

Joshua 20:9

These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and the foreigners residing among them,  so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the assembly.

2 Samuel 14:7

Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant and said, “Hand over the one who killed his brother so we may put him to death for the life of the brother he murdered. We will eliminate the heir! ” They would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on earth.’

Numbers 35:19

The avenger of blood himself is to kill the murderer; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

Numbers 35:13

The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

Deuteronomy 19:4

‘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:

Joshua 20:2

‘Tell the Israelites: Select your cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,