Numbers 35:24

24 the assembly must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations.

Numbers 35:24 in Other Translations

24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

24 then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these rules.

24 If this should happen, the community must follow these regulations in making a judgment between the slayer and the avenger, the victim’s nearest relative:

24 the community is to judge between the killer and the avenger following these guidelines.

24 the assembly is to judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

Numbers 35:24 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:24

Then the congregation
That is, the court of judicature, assembled together to hear and try this cause:

shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood;
shall hear what both have to say, and pass sentence:

according to these judgments;
these judicial laws and rules of judgment before delivered, exemplified in various cases.

Numbers 35:24 In-Context

22 “ ‘But if without enmity someone suddenly pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally

23 or, without seeing them, drops on them a stone heavy enough to kill them, and they die, then since that other person was not an enemy and no harm was intended,

24 the assembly must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations.

25 The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send the accused back to the city of refuge to which they fled. The accused must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

26 “ ‘But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which they fled

Cross References

• 1. S ver 12; Joshua 20:6