Numbers 35:12

Easy To Read Version

That person will be safe from anyone from the dead man’s family that wants to get even. That person will be safe until he is judged in court.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:7

Now the whole family is against me. They said to me, ‘Bring us the son who killed his brother and we will kill him. Why? Because he killed his brother.’ My son is like the last spark of a fire. If they kill my son, then that fire will burn out and be finished. He is the only son left alive to get his father’s property. So my {dead} husband’s property will go to someone else and his name will be removed from the land.”

Numbers 35:13

There will be six cities of safety.

Numbers 35:19

A member of the dead man’s family [386] can chase that murderer and kill him.

Deuteronomy 19:4

“This is the rule for the person that kills someone and runs away to one of those three cities to be safe: It must be a person that killed the other person accidentally. It must be a person that did not hate the person he killed.

Deuteronomy 19:6

But if the city is too far away, he might not be able to run there fast enough. A close relative [123] of the person he killed might run after him and catch him before he reaches the city. The close relative might be very angry and kill the man. But the man did not deserve death. He did not hate the person he killed.

Joshua 20:2

“I used Moses to give you a command. Moses told you to choose cities to be special cities of safety.

Joshua 20:9

Any Israelite or any foreigner living among them who killed someone accidentally was allowed to run away to one of those cities of safety. Then the person could be safe there and would not be killed by anyone who was chasing him. The person would be judged by the court in that city.