Numbers 35:25

Modern English Version

And the assembly will deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the assembly will restore him to the city of his refuge where he fled, and he will dwell in it until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

We will surely die and are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away a life; He devises plans so that His banished ones will not be cast out from Him.

Exodus 29:7

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

Leviticus 21:10

He who is the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is consecrated to wear the garments, shall not dishevel his hair, nor tear his clothes;

Leviticus 4:3

if the anointed priest sins, so as to bring guilt on the people, he shall bring for his sin that he has committed a bull without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering.

Leviticus 8:12

Then he poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to sanctify him.

Numbers 35:24

then the assembly will judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments.

Numbers 35:26

But if the manslayer will go out at any time beyond the border of the city of his refuge where he fled,

Numbers 35:28

because the manslayer 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 manslayer may return to the land of his possession.

Joshua 20:6

He shall live in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his home and to his city from which he had fled.’ ”