The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
Numbers 35:24 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances. American Standard Version (1901) then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances; Common English Bible then the community must come to a verdict between the killer and the close relative in accordance with these case laws. Catholic Public Domain Version and this has been proven in the hearing of the people, and the questions have been aired, between the one who struck and the close relative, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin: |
The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;
and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the Kohen Gadol, who was anointed with the holy oil.
He shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the Kohen Gadol that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from whence he fled.