Numbers 35:22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“But if someone pushes another suddenly without enmity or hurls any object without lying in wait,

Cross References

Exodus 21:13

If it was not premeditated but came about by an act of God, then I will appoint for you a place to which the killer may flee.

Numbers 35:11

then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, so that a slayer who kills a person without intent may flee there.

Numbers 35:20

Likewise, if someone pushes another from hatred or hurls something at another, lying in wait, and death ensues,

Numbers 35:21

or in enmity strikes another with the hand, and death ensues, then the one who struck the blow shall be put to death; that person is a murderer; the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when they meet.

Numbers 35:23

or, while handling any stone that could cause death, unintentionally drops it on another and death ensues, though they were not enemies and no harm was intended,

Deuteronomy 19:5

Suppose someone goes into the forest with another to cut wood, and when one of them swings the ax to cut down a tree, the head slips from the handle and strikes the other person, who then dies; the killer may flee to one of these cities and live.

Joshua 20:3

so that anyone who kills a person without intent or by mistake may flee there; they shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.

Joshua 20:5

And if the avenger of blood is in pursuit, they shall not give up the slayer because the neighbor was killed by mistake, there having been no enmity between them before.