Numbers 35:25

New International Version

The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send the accused back to the city of refuge to which they fled. The accused must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

Cross References

Exodus 29:7

Take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head.

Joshua 20:6

They are to stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may go back to their own home in the town from which they fled.”

Leviticus 21:10

“ ‘The high priest, the one among his brothers who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair become unkempt or tear his clothes.

Leviticus 4:3

“ ‘If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.

Numbers 35:28

The accused must stay in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may they return to their own property.

Leviticus 8:12

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

Numbers 35:24

the assembly must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations.

Numbers 35:26

“ ‘But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which they fled

2 Samuel 14:14

Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him.