Numbers 35:24

24 In such cases the community shall judge in your favor and not in favor of the dead person's relative who is seeking revenge.

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 suppose you accidentally kill someone you do not hate, whether by pushing him down or by throwing something at him.

23 Or suppose that, without looking, you throw a stone that kills someone whom you did not intend to hurt and who was not your enemy.

24 In such cases the community shall judge in your favor and not in favor of the dead person's relative who is seeking revenge.

25 You are guilty only of manslaughter, and the community is to rescue you from the dead person's relative, and they are to return you to the city of refuge to which you had escaped. You must live there until the death of the man who is then High Priest.

26 If you leave the city of refuge to which you have escaped