Numbers 35:25

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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.

Cross References

Exodus 29:7

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

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.”

Leviticus 21:10

“The high priest was chosen from among his brothers. The anointing oil 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 makes a mistake that leaves the people guilty for their sin, he must offer a young bull to the Lord as a sin offering. The bull must have nothing wrong with it.

Numbers 35:28

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

Leviticus 8:12

He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head to make him holy.

Numbers 35:24

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.

Numbers 35:26

“You must never go outside the limits of your city of safety. If you do and if a member of the dead person’s family catches you and kills you, that family member will not be guilty of murder.

2 Samuel 14:14

We will all die some day. We will be like water that is spilled on the ground. No one 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 does not force them to run away from him!