Numbers 35:12

You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

Cross References (7)

  • Joshua 20:3–6 (4)

    so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the aven

  • Deuteronomy 19:6 (4)

    Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike

  • 2 Samuel 14:7 (3)

    Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that

  • Joshua 20:9 (3)

    These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unint

  • Deuteronomy 19:11–12 (2)

    If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities

  • Numbers 35:19 (2)

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

  • Numbers 35:24–27 (2)

    then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.