Numbers 35:12

You will have the cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who kills someone will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

Deuteronomy 19:6

Otherwise, the avenger of blood in the heat of his anger might pursue the one who committed manslaughter, overtake him because the distance is great, and strike him dead. Yet he did not deserve to die, since he did not previously hate his neighbor.

Joshua 20:3-6

so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

Numbers 35:19

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

Numbers 35:24-27

the assembly is to judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

Deuteronomy 19:11-12

But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in ambush for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally, and flees to one of these cities,

Joshua 20:9

These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the assembly.

2 Samuel 14:7

Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant and said, ‘Hand over the one who killed his brother so we may put him to death for the life of the brother he murdered. We will destroy the heir!’ They would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on earth.”

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Summary

Numbers 35:12

And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

From the avenger

Until he stand

Numbers 35:24

Deuteronomy 19:11

Joshua 20:4

General references

Numbers 35:19

Deuteronomy 4:42

Joshua 20:5

Bible References

From the avenger

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

so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

Until he stand

the assembly is to judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in ambush for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally, and flees to one of these cities,

When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before the elders of that city, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

General references

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

Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive:

And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, for he killed his neighbor accidentally and did not hate him beforehand.