Numbers 35:25

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The innocent shall be delivered from the hand of the revenger, and shall be brought back by sentence into the city, to which he had fled: and he shall abide there until the death of the high priest, that is anointed with the holy oil.

Cross References

Exodus 29:7

And thou shalt pour the oil of unction upon his head: and by this rite shall he be consecrated.

Joshua 20:6

And he shall dwell in that city, till he stand before judgment to give an account of his fact, and till the death of the high priest, who shall be at that time. Then shall the manslayer return, and go into his own city and house from whence he fled.

Leviticus 21:10

The high priest, that is to say, the priest, is the greatest among his brethren, upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured; and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood; and who hath been vested with the holy vestments, he shall not uncover his head: he shall not rend his garments.

Leviticus 4:3

If the priest that is anointed shall sin, making the people to offend, he shall offer to the Lord for his sin a calf without blemish.

Numbers 35:28

For the fugitive ought to have stayed in the city until the death of the high priest. And after he is dead, then shall the manslayer return to his own country.

Leviticus 8:12

And he poured it upon Aaron's head: and he anointed and consecrated him.

Numbers 35:24

And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin:

Numbers 35:26

If the murderer be found without the limits of the cities that are appointed for the banished,

2 Samuel 14:14

We all die, and like waters that return no more we fall down into the earth. Neither will God have a soul to perish, but recalleth; meaning that he that is cast off should not altogether perish.