Numbers 35:25

New English Translation

The community must deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the community must restore him to the town of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the consecrated oil.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.

Exodus 29:7

You are to take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

Leviticus 21:10

“‘The high priest – who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments – must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments.

Leviticus 4:3

“‘If the high priest sins so that the people are guilty, on account of the sin he has committed he must present a flawless young bull to the Lord for a sin offering.

Leviticus 8:12

He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.

Numbers 35:24

then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.

Numbers 35:26

But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,

Numbers 35:28

because the slayer should have stayed in his town of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to the land of his possessions.

Joshua 20:6

He must remain in that city until his case is decided by the assembly and the high priest dies. Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped.”