Verse 12

And they shall be unto you cities{H5892} for refuge{H4733} from the avenger{H1350}{(H8802)}; that the manslayer{H7523}{(H8802)} die{H4191}{(H8799)} not, until he stand{H5975}{(H8800)} before{H6440} the congregation{H5712} in judgment{H4941}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:6 : 6 Lest the avenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of the blood{H1818}{(H8676)} pursue{H7291}{(H8799)} the slayer{H310}{H7523}{(H8802)}, while{H3588} his heart{H3824} is hot{H3179}{(H8799)}, and overtake{H5381}{(H8689)} him, because the way{H1870} is long{H7235}{(H8799)}, and slay{H5221}{(H8689)} him{H5315}; whereas he was not worthy{H4941} of death{H4194}, inasmuch as{H3588} he hated{H8130}{(H8802)} him not in time{H8543} past{H8032}.
  • Josh 20:3-6 : 3 That the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} that killeth{H5221}{(H8688)} any person{H5315} unawares{H7684} and unwittingly{H1847} may flee{H5127}{(H8800)} thither: and they shall be your refuge{H4733} from the avenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818}. 4 And when he that doth flee{H5127}{(H8804)} unto one{H259} of those cities{H5892} shall stand{H5975}{(H8804)} at the entering{H6607} of the gate{H8179} of the city{H5892}, and shall declare{H1696}{(H8765)} his cause{H1697} in the ears{H241} of the elders{H2205} of that city{H5892}, they shall take{H622}{(H8804)} him into the city{H5892} unto them, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} him a place{H4725}, that he may dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} among them. 5 And if the avenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} pursue{H7291}{(H8799)} after{H310} him, then they shall not deliver{H5462}{(H8686)} the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} up into his hand{H3027}; because he smote{H5221}{(H8689)} his neighbour{H7453} unwittingly{H1097}{H1847}, and hated{H8130}{(H8802)} him not beforetime{H8543}{H8032}. 6 And he shall dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} in that city{H5892}, until he stand{H5975}{(H8800)} before{H6440} the congregation{H5712} for judgment{H4941}, and until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest{H3548} that{H834} shall be in those days{H3117}: then shall the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} return{H7725}{(H8799)}, and come{H935}{(H8804)} unto his own city{H5892}, and unto his own house{H1004}, unto the city{H5892} from whence he fled{H5127}{(H8804)}.
  • Josh 20:9 : 9 These were the cities{H5892} appointed{H4152} for all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, and for the stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481}{(H8802)} among{H8432} them, that whosoever killeth{H5221}{(H8688)} any person{H5315} at unawares{H7684} might flee{H5127}{(H8800)} thither, and not die{H4191}{(H8799)} by the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818}, until he stood{H5975}{(H8800)} before{H6440} the congregation{H5712}.
  • 2 Sam 14:7 : 7 And, behold, the whole family{H4940} is risen{H6965}{(H8804)} against thine handmaid{H8198}, and they said{H559}{(H8799)}, Deliver{H5414}{(H8798)} him that smote{H5221}{(H8688)} his brother{H251}, that we may kill{H4191}{(H8686)} him, for the life{H5315} of his brother{H251} whom he slew{H2026}{(H8804)}; and we will destroy{H8045}{(H8686)} the heir{H3423}{(H8802)} also: and so they shall quench{H3518}{(H8765)} my coal{H1513} which is left{H7760}{(H8800)}, and shall not leave{H7604}{(H8738)} to my husband{H376} neither name{H8034} nor remainder{H7611} upon{H6440} the earth{H127}.
  • Deut 19:11-12 : 11 But if any man{H376} hate{H8130}{(H8802)} his neighbour{H7453}, and lie in wait{H693}{(H8804)} for him, and rise up{H6965}{(H8804)} against him, and smite{H5221}{(H8689)} him mortally{H5315} that he die{H4191}{(H8804)}, and fleeth{H5127}{(H8804)} into one{H259} of these{H411} cities{H5892}: 12 Then the elders{H2205} of his city{H5892} shall send{H7971}{(H8804)} and fetch{H3947}{(H8804)} him thence, and deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} him into the hand{H3027} of the avenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818}, that he may die{H4191}{(H8804)}.
  • Num 35:19 : 19 The revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} himself shall slay{H4191}{(H8686)} the murderer{H7523}{(H8802)}: when he meeteth{H6293}{(H8800)} him, he{H1931} shall slay{H4191}{(H8686)} him.
  • Num 35:24-27 : 24 Then the congregation{H5712} shall judge{H8199}{(H8804)} between the slayer{H5221}{(H8688)} and the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} according to these judgments{H4941}: 25 And the congregation{H5712} shall deliver{H5337}{(H8689)} the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} out of the hand{H3027} of the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818}, and the congregation{H5712} shall restore{H7725}{(H8689)} him to the city{H5892} of his refuge{H4733}, whither he was fled{H5127}{(H8804)}: and he shall abide{H3427}{(H8804)} in it unto the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest{H3548}, which was anointed{H4886}{(H8804)} with the holy{H6944} oil{H8081}. 26 But if the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} shall at any time{H3318}{(H8800)} come{H3318}{(H8799)} without the border{H1366} of the city{H5892} of his refuge{H4733}, whither he was fled{H5127}{(H8799)}; 27 And the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} find{H4672}{(H8804)} him without{H2351} the borders{H1366} of the city{H5892} of his refuge{H4733}, and the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} kill{H7523}{(H8804)} the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)}; he shall not be guilty of blood{H1818}: