Numbers 35:25

Easy To Read Version

If the community decides to protect the killer from the dead man’s family, then the community must take him back to his city of safety. And the killer must stay there until the official high priest [389] dies.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

We will all die some day. We will be like water that is spilled on the ground. No person can gather this water back from the ground. You know God forgives people. God made plans for people who are forced to run away for safety—God doesn’t force them to run away from him!

Exodus 29:7

Take the anointing oil [268] and pour it on Aaron’s head. This will show that Aaron is chosen for this work.

Leviticus 21:10

“The high priest was chosen from among his brothers. The anointing oil [377] was poured on his head. In this way, he was chosen for the special job of being high priest. He was chosen to wear the special clothes. {So he must not do things to show his sadness in public.} He must not let his hair grow wild. He must not tear his clothes.

Leviticus 4:3

“If the anointed priest [23] makes a mistake in a way that leaves the people guilty for their sin, then the priest must make an offering to the Lord for his sin. The priest must offer a young bull that has nothing wrong with it. He must offer the young bull to the Lord as a sin offering.

Leviticus 8:12

Then Moses poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head. In this way, he made Aaron holy.

Numbers 35:24

If that happens, then the community must decide what to do. The community’s court must decide if a member of the dead man’s family [388] can kill that person.

Numbers 35:28

The person who accidentally killed someone must stay in his city of safety until the high priest dies. After the high priest dies, that person can go back to his own land.

Joshua 20:6

That person should stay in the city until he has been judged by the court in that city. And he should stay in that city until the time that the high priest dies. Then he can go back to his own home in the town he ran away from.”