Numbers 35:22

The Scriptures 1998

‘But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws an object at him without lying in wait,

Cross References

Exodus 21:13

“But if he did not lie in wait, but Elohim delivered him into his hand, then I shall appoint for you a place where he is to flee.

Numbers 35:11

then you shall choose cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the one who accidentally killed someone shall flee there.

Numbers 35:20

‘And if he thrusts him through in hatred, or throws an object at him while lying in wait, so that he dies,

Numbers 35:21

or in enmity he smites him with his hand so that he dies, the one who smote him shall certainly be put to death, for he is a murderer. The revenger of blood puts the murderer to death when he meets him.

Numbers 35:23

or uses a stone, by which a man could die, throwing it at him without seeing him, so that he dies, while he was not his enemy or seeking his harm,

Deuteronomy 19:5

even he who goes to the forest with his neighbour to cut timber, and his hand swings a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbour so that he dies – let him flee to one of these cities and live,

Joshua 20:3

for the slayer who kills any being accidentally, unintentionally, to flee there. And they shall be your refuge from the revenger of blood.

Joshua 20:5

‘And when the revenger of blood pursues him, they do not give the slayer into his hand, because he smote his neighbour unintentionally, and did not hate him beforehand.