14 occurrences

'Avenger' in the Bible

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.

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In Everyday LifeStandingMan AvengingDeath Of A Family Member

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

Verse ConceptsJudgement On MurderersDeath Of A Family MemberFamily Death

or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood is to kill the murderer when he finds him.

Verse ConceptsJudgement On Murderers

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

The assembly is to protect the one who kills someone from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge he fled to, and he must live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

Verse ConceptsRankManslaughterAnointing PriestsDeath Of Office Holders

and the avenger of blood finds him outside the border of his city of refuge and kills him, the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,

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.

Verse ConceptsMan AvengingNot HatingDeath Of A Family Member

the elders of his city must send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood and he will die.

Verse ConceptsTownMan Avenging

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

Verse ConceptsAccidental KillingsMan AvengingUnintentional

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.

Verse ConceptsMan AvengingNot Hating

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.

Verse ConceptsAccidental KillingsForeigners Included In The LawMan AvengingUnintentional

She replied, “Please, may the king invoke the Lord your God, so that the avenger of blood will not increase the loss, and they will not eliminate my son!”“As the Lord lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son will fall to the ground.”

Verse ConceptsAvenger of bloodHairsHairs ProtectedMan Avenging

because of the voice of the scorner and reviler,because of the enemy and avenger.

Verse ConceptsInsultsMan AvengingRevenge

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