Numbers 35:12

They are to serve as cities of refuge from a blood avenger in order to keep the inadvertent killer from dying until he has stood trial in the presence of the community.

Deuteronomy 19:6

Since hile the distance may be great, the angry avenger may overtake the killer he is pursuing and kill him, in which case there will be no justice in his death, because he did not hate his friend previously.

Joshua 20:3-6

so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally and without premeditation may run there and be protected from closely related avengers.

Numbers 35:19

The blood avenger himself is to execute the murderer. When he meets him, the blood avenger is to put him to death.

Numbers 35:24-27

then the community is to judge between the inadvertent killer and the blood avenger, following these ordinances.

Deuteronomy 19:11-12

"However, if a person hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, and attacks him so that he dies, and then he flees to one of those cities,

Joshua 20:9

These were appointed to be cities for all the Israelis and for the foreigner who lives among them, so that whoever kills anyone unintentionally may run there and not die at the hands of a closely related avenger until he stands for trial before the community.

2 Samuel 14:7

Now please pay attention closely! My whole family is attacking your humble servant! They're saying, "Turn over the one who attacked his brother and we'll put him to death in retribution for his brother, whose life he took. That way, we'll kill the heir also!' They're going to extinguish the only light left in my family, leaving my late husband neither an ongoing name nor a survivor on the face of the earth!"

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 blood avenger himself is to execute the murderer. When he meets him, the blood avenger is to put him to death.

so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally and without premeditation may run there and be protected from closely related avengers.

Until he stand

then the community is to judge between the inadvertent killer and the blood avenger, following these ordinances.

"However, if a person hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, and attacks him so that he dies, and then he flees to one of those cities,

He may run to one of those cities, stand at the entrance to the city gate, and tell his side of the story to the elders of the city. They are to bring him inside the city with them and provide him a place to live among them.

General references

The blood avenger himself is to execute the murderer. When he meets him, the blood avenger is to put him to death.

where a person who accidentally killed someone could flee, if he killed his neighbor without having enmity toward him in the past. He may flee to one of these cities and live:

Now if the closely related avenger pursues him, then they are not to hand the killer over to him, because he killed his neighbor without premeditation and without hating him beforehand.