Numbers 35:24

24 then ¹the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and ²the avenger of blood, in accordance with these rules.

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 he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait

23 or used a stone that could cause death, and without seeing him dropped it on him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy and did not seek his harm,

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

25 And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

26 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the boundaries of his city of refuge to which he fled,

Cross References

• 1. ver. 12; Joshua 20:6
• 2. [See ver. 19 above]