Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
He shall not be guilty of blood
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Bible References
He shall not be guilty of blood
Exodus 22:2
" 'If a thief is found in the act of breaking in and he is struck and he dies, there is not bloodguilt for him.
Deuteronomy 19:6
[He does this] lest the avenger of blood might pursue after the killer, because {he is hot with anger} and he overtakes him, because it is a long distance [to the city of refuge], and [so] {he kills him}, but {he did not deserve a death sentence}, because he [was] not hating him {before}.
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Numbers 35:19
The blood avenger himself will put the killer to death; he must put him to death when meeting him.