Thematic Bible: Those admitted to
Thematic Bible
Cities of refuge » Those admitted to » Obliged to remain in, until the high priest's death
The congregation shall rescue the offender from the hand of the blood avenger and return him to his city of refuge, [the place] to which he had escaped; and he shall live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the sacred oil.
Verse Concepts
because the offender should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the high priest’s death the offender shall return to the land of his possession.
Verse Concepts
Cities of refuge » Those admitted to » Were put on their trial
The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who has caused the death of another will not be killed until he has had a [fair] trial before the congregation.
Verse Concepts
then the congregation shall judge between the offender and the blood avenger according to these ordinances.
Cities of refuge » Those admitted to » Not protected outside of
But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the limits of his city of refuge to which he had fled And the avenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge and kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood