Numbers 35:27

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

Cross References

Exodus 22:2

If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he die, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

Numbers 35:26

But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth;

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 shall return into the land of his possession.

Deuteronomy 19:10

that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

Deuteronomy 19:6

lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.