Numbers 35:12 Cross References

Numbers 35:12

12: These cities will be places of protection from a dead person's relatives who want to avenge the death. The slayer must not be killed before being tried by the community.

Joshua 20:3

  1. Anyone who kills another person unintentionally can run to one of these cities and be protected from the relatives of the one who was killed, for the relatives may seek to avenge the killing.
  2. "Upon reaching one of these cities, the one who caused the accidental death will appear before the leaders at the city gate and explain what happened. They must allow the accused to enter the city and live there among them.
  3. If the relatives of the victim come to avenge the killing, the leaders must not release the accused to them, for the death was accidental.
  4. But the person who caused the death must stay in that city and be tried by the community and found innocent. Then the one declared innocent because the death was accidental must continue to live in that city until the death of the high priest who was in office at the time of the accident. After that, the one found innocent is free to return home."

Deuteronomy 19:6

  1. If the distance to the nearest city of refuge was too far, an enraged avenger might be able to chase down and kill the person who caused the death. The slayer would die, even though there was no death sentence and the first death had been an accident.

Numbers 35:19

  1. The victim's nearest relative is responsible for putting the murderer to death. When they meet, the avenger must execute the murderer.

Joshua 20:9

  1. These cities were set apart for Israelites as well as the foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed another person could take refuge in one of these cities. In this way, they could escape being killed in revenge prior to standing trial before the community.

2 Samuel 14:7

  1. Now the rest of the family is demanding, `Let us have your son. We will execute him for murdering his brother. He doesn't deserve to inherit his family's property.' But if I do that, I will have no one left, and my husband's name and family will disappear from the face of the earth."

Numbers 35:24

  1. If this should happen, the assembly must follow these regulations in making a judgment between the slayer and the avenger, the victim's nearest relative.
  2. They must protect the slayer from the avenger, and they must send the slayer back to live in a city of refuge until the death of the high priest.
  3. " `But if the slayer leaves the city of refuge,
  4. and the victim's nearest relative finds him outside the city limits and kills him, it will not be considered murder.

Deuteronomy 19:11

  1. "But suppose someone hates a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders that neighbor and then escapes to one of the cities of refuge.
  2. In that case, the leaders of the murderer's hometown must have the murderer brought back from the city of refuge and handed over to the dead person's avenger to be killed.
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