Numbers 35:24

24 then the community must come to a verdict between the killer and the close relative in accordance with these case laws.

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 suddenly and without hostility someone hits another or throws any object at him without premeditation,

23 or accidentally drops any stone on him that could cause death and he dies—even though they weren't enemies and no evil was intended—

24 then the community must come to a verdict between the killer and the close relative in accordance with these case laws.

25 The community will protect the killer from the hand of the close relative and return him to the refuge city where he fled. He will live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with holy oil.

26 But if the killer ever goes outside the boundaries of the refuge city where he fled