Numbers 35:25 · KJV
“And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.”
— Numbers 35:25
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
Numbers 35 — Context
Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing {him} not, and cast {it} upon him, that he die, and {was} not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
24Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
25And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
26But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
27And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: {he...: Heb. no blood shall be to him}
Cross References
Exodus 29:7
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour {it} upon his head, and anoint him.
Hebrews 10:19-22
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, {boldness: or, liberty}
Leviticus 4:3
If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
Romans 3:24-26
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Hebrews 7:25-28
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. {to the...: or, evermore}
Joshua 20:6
And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, {and} until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
Leviticus 21:10
And {he that is} the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
Ephesians 2:16-18
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: {thereby: or, in himself}