Numbers 35:19

Cities Of Refuge

¹⁸ And if any of you picks up a piece of wood as a weapon and uses it to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death. ¹⁹ The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him. ²⁰ If any of you kills someone you hate by shoving him or by deliberately throwing something at him,

Avenger of Blood

Face to Face

Put to Death

Make Sure

When He Comes

Numbers 35:21

or if you beat your enemy to death with your bare hands, you must be put to death. You are a murderer. The relative who can avenge the death must kill you when he catches up with you, because you are a murderer.

Deuteronomy 19:6

Otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in the heat of his anger. He may overtake him and because the way is long he may take his life. Even though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.

Deuteronomy 19:12

the elders of his city will send for him. They will take him from there and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood that he may die.

Joshua 20:3

Anyone who kills someone accidentally and unintentionally may go there for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

Joshua 20:5

If the one looking for revenge follows you there, the people of the city must not hand you over to that one. They must protect you because you killed the person accidentally and not out of anger.

Numbers 35:12

These cities will be places of refuge from any relative who can avenge the death. So anyone accused of murder will not have to die until he has had a trial in front of the community.

Numbers 35:24

Then the community must use these rules in order to decide if you are innocent or if the dead person's relative can avenge the death.

Numbers 35:27

If the relative who can avenge the death finds you outside the city of refuge and kills you, the relative is not guilty of murder.