Numbers 35:25

Lighthouse Bible 2006

And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, to which he had fled: and he shall remain in it until the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

For we all must die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God respect any person: yet he devises means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

Exodus 29:7

Then shall you take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.

Leviticus 21:10

And he that is the high priest among his people, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor tear his clothes;

Leviticus 4:3

If the priest that is anointed sins according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.

Leviticus 8:12

And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

Numbers 35:24

Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:

Numbers 35:26

But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge, to which he had fled;

Numbers 35:28

Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.

Joshua 20:6

And he shall dwell in that city, until he stands before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.