Numbers 35:24

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Joshua 20:6

You should stay in that city until the court has judged you and until the high priest dies. Then you may go back to your hometown.”

Numbers 35:12

That person will be safe from anyone from the dead man’s family who wants to punish the killer until that person is judged in court.

Numbers 35:23

Perhaps you threw a rock that was large enough to kill, but it hit someone you didn’t see and killed them. You didn’t plan to kill anyone. You didn’t hate the person you killed—it was only an accident.

Numbers 35:25

If the community decides to protect you from the dead person’s family, the community must take you back to your city of safety. You must stay there until the official high priest dies.