Numbers 35:24

24 then ¹the congregation shall judge between the slayer and 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 'But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or threw something at him without lying in wait,

23 or with any deadly object of stone, and without seeing it dropped on him so that he died, while he was not his enemy nor seeking his injury,

24 then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the blood avenger according to these ordinances.

25 'The congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the blood avenger, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he 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 at any time goes beyond the border of his city of refuge to which he may flee,

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 20:6