Numbers 35:12
"And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment."
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- Deuteronomy 19:6
"Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past."
Read in chapter → - Joshua 20:3
"That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 14:7
"And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth."
Read in chapter → - Joshua 20:9
"These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 19:11
"But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:"
Read in chapter → - Numbers 35:19
"The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him."
Read in chapter → - Numbers 35:24
"Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:"
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