Numbers 35:19-27

¹⁹The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

²⁰Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,

²¹or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.

²²But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,

²³or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,

²⁴then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

²⁵The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

²⁶But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled

²⁷and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed

— Numbers 35:19-27

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Cross References for Numbers 35:19-27

• Joshua 20:6
• Numbers 35:12
• Exodus 21:14
• Joshua 20:5
• Joshua 20:3
• Deuteronomy 19:11
• Exodus 29:7
• Deuteronomy 19:6
• Numbers 35:11
• 2 Samuel 20:10

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