Numbers 35:25

New King James Version

So the congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall return him to the city of refuge where he had fled, and he shall remain there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

For we will surely die and become like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises means, so that His banished ones are not expelled from Him.

Exodus 29:7

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

Leviticus 21:10

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

Leviticus 4:3

if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the Lord for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without blemish as a sin offering.

Leviticus 8:12

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

Numbers 35:24

then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments.

Numbers 35:26

But if the manslayer at any time goes outside the limits of the city of refuge where he fled,

Numbers 35:28

because he should have remained in his city of 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

And he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the slayer may return and come to his own city and his own house, to the city from which he fled.’ ”