Numbers 35:24

24 then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with 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 someone pushes another suddenly without enmity, or hurls any object without lying in wait,

23 or, while handling any stone that could cause death, unintentionally drops it on another and death ensues, though they were not enemies, and no harm was intended,

24 then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these ordinances;

25 and the congregation shall rescue the slayer from the avenger of blood. Then the congregation shall send the slayer back to the original city of refuge. The slayer shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

26 But if the slayer shall at any time go outside the bounds of the original city of refuge,