Numbers 35:24

24 then the community will judge between the striker and between the blood avenger 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 " 'Or if in an instant he shoved him, not in hostility, or threw something at him without intention,

23 or with any stone, without seeing it dropped on him so that he dies, while [he was] not seeking his injury,

24 then the community will judge between the striker and between the blood avenger according to these ordinances.

25 The community will deliver the killer from the hand of the blood avenger, and the community will restore him to the city of his refuge to which he fled; and he will live there in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with holy oil.

26 But if the killer surely goes out of the territory of the city of his refuge to which he fled,