and the avenger of blood finds him outside the border of his city of refuge and kills him, the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,
Numbers 35:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised for the one who killed a person was supposed to live in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may the one who has killed a person return to the land he possesses. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because the manslayer should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the high priest's death the manslayer shall return to the land of his possession. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible The killer must live in his refuge city until the high priest’s death. After the high priest’s death the killer may return to the land he owns. Catholic Public Domain Version For the fugitive ought to have resided in the city, until the death of the high priest. Then, after he is dead, the one who has killed shall be returned to his own land. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the fugitive ought to have stayed in the city until the death of the high priest. And after he is dead, then shall the manslayer return to his own country. |
and the avenger of blood finds him outside the border of his city of refuge and kills him, the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,
These instructions will be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations wherever you live.
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,
Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, ‘Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.’
But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and are saved.
For we have become participants in Christ if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start.