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NUMBERS 35:18–36:3 Avenger of blood. Bloodguilt 234
CHAP. 35
a Nu 35:12
De 19:6
b Ge 4:8
2Sa 20:10
c Ex 21:14
De 19:11
Ps 10:8
Pr 1:18
Mr 6:19
Ac 23:21
d Nu 35:19
e Ex 21:13
De 19:5
Jos 20:3
Jos 20:5
f Nu 35:12
Jos 20:4
g Jg 20:13
h Ex 29:7
Le 21:10
Heb 3:1
i Nu 35:12
Nu 35:19
Second Col.
a Jos 20:6
b Ge 9:6
Ex 20:13
De 5:17
c De 17:6
De 19:15
Mt 18:16
Joh 8:17
2Co 13:1
1Ti 5:19
Heb 10:28
d 1Jo 3:15
e Ge 9:5
Ex 21:14
De 19:13
f Ge 4:10
Ps 106:38
Lu 11:50
g Ge 9:6
h Ex 25:8
Ex 29:46
Le 26:12
1Ki 6:13
CHAP. 36
i Nu 26:29
Jos 17:1
j Nu 26:55
Nu 33:54
k Nu 27:1
Nu 27:7
dies, he is a murderer. Without
fail the murderer should be put
to death. 18 And if it was with
a small instrument of wood by
which he could die that he has
struck him so that he dies, he is a
murderer. Without fail the murderer
should be put to death.
19 “‘The avenger a of blood is
the one who will put the murderer
to death. When he chances
upon him he himself will put
him to death. 20 And if in hatred
he was pushing him b or he
has thrown at him while lying in
wait c that he might die, 21 or
in enmity he has struck him
with his hand that he might die,
without fail the striker should
be put to death. He is a murderer.
The avenger of blood will put
the murderer to death when he
chances upon him. d
22 “‘But if it was unexpectedlywithoutenmitythathehas
pushed him or has thrown any
article toward him without lying
in wait, e 23 or any stone by
which he could die without seeing
him or he should cause it
to fall upon him, so that he
died, while he was not at enmity
with him and was not seeking
his injury, 24 the assemblymustthenjudgebetweenthe
striker and the avenger of blood
according to these judgments. f
25 And the assembly g must deliver
the manslayer out of the
hand of the avenger of blood, and
the assembly must return him to
his city of refuge to which he had
fled, and he must dwell in it until
the death of the high priest who
was anointed with the holy oil. h
26 “‘But if the manslayer
without fail goes out of the
boundary of his city of refuge to
which he may flee, 27 and the
avenger i of blood does find him
outside the boundary of his city
of refuge, and the avenger of
blood does slay the manslayer,
he has no bloodguilt. 28 For he
ought to dwell in his city of refuge
until the high priest’s death, a
and after the high priest’s death
the manslayer may return to the
land of his possession. 29 And
these must serve as a statute
of judgment for YOU throughout
YOUR generations in all YOUR
dwelling places.
30 “‘Every fatal striker of a
soul should be slain as a murderer
b at the mouth of witnesses,
c and one witness may not
testify against a soul for him to
die. 31 And YOU must take no
ransom for the soul of a murderer
who is deserving to die, d
for without fail he should be put
to death. e 32 And YOU must not
take a ransom for one who has
fledtohiscityofrefuge,toresume
dwelling in the land before
the death of the high priest.
33 “‘And YOU must not pollute
the land in which YOU are;
because it is blood that pollutes
the land, f and for the land there
may be no atonement respecting
the blood that has been spilled
upon it except by the blood of
the one spilling it. g 34 And you
must not defile the land in which
YOU are dwelling, in the midst of
which I am residing; for I Jehovah
am residing in the midst of
the sons of Israel.’ ” h
36
And the heads of the fathers
of the family of the
sons of Gile·ad the son of Machir
i the son of Ma·nasseh of
the families of the sons of Joseph
proceeded to come near
and speak before Moses and the
chieftains, the heads of the fathers
of the sons of Israel,
2 and say: “Jehovah commanded
my lord to give the land in
inheritance by lot j to the sons
of Israel; and my lord was commanded
by Jehovah to give the
inheritance of Ze·lophe·had our
brother to his daughters. k 3 If
any of the sons of the other tribes
of the sons of Israel happened
to get them as wives, the women’s
inheritance must also be