Numbers 35:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these ordinances,

Cross References

Numbers 35:12

The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, so that the slayer may not die until there is a trial before the congregation.

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,

Numbers 35:25

and the congregation shall rescue the slayer from the avenger of blood. Then the congregation shall send the slayer back to the original city of refuge. The slayer shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

Joshua 20:6

The slayer shall remain in that city until there is a trial before the congregation, until the death of the one who is high priest at the time; then the slayer may return home, to the town in which the deed was done.”