They are to be cities for refuge from the avenger, so the manslayer may not die before standing trial before the assembly.
Numbers 35:24 - Tree of Life Version the assembly must judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood according to these regulations. 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: |
They are to be cities for refuge from the avenger, so the manslayer may not die before standing trial before the assembly.
or without seeing him should drop a stone on him resulting in his death, but he was not his enemy and intended him no harm,
The assembly must protect the manslayer from the avenger of blood. The assembly should send him back to the city of refuge to which he had fled and he is to remain there until the death of the kohen gadol who was anointed with the holy oil.
So he will stay in that city until he can stand trial before the congregation, or until the death of the kohen gadol in those days. Then the manslayer may return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he had fled.’”