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Numbers 35:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him so that he died, and he was not his enemy and not seeking his harm, "

Numbers 35:23

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21 or in hostility struck him with his hand, so that he died, he who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

22 “‘But if he shoved him suddenly without hostility, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,

23 or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him so that he died, and he was not his enemy and not seeking his harm,

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

25 The congregation shall deliver the man slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he had fled. He shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

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Exodus 21:18

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"“If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed;"

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Joshua 20:5

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"If the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver up the man slayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and didn’t hate him before."

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Exodus 21:12

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"“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,"

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Deuteronomy 19:4

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"This is the case of the man slayer who shall flee there and live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, and didn’t hate him in time past—"

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Deuteronomy 19:6

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"Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the man slayer while hot anger is in his heart and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally, even though he was not worthy of death, because he didn’t hate him in time past."

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Job 41:26

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"If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft."

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Numbers 35:1

"The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,"

Numbers 35:2

"“Command the children of Israel to give to the Levites cities to dwell in out of their inheritance. You shall give pasture lands for the cities around them to the Levites."

Numbers 35:3

"They shall have the cities to dwell in. Their pasture lands shall be for their livestock, and for their possessions, and for all their animals."

Numbers 35:4

"“The pasture lands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits around it."

Numbers 35:5

"You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the middle. This shall be the pasture lands of their cities."

Numbers 35:6

"“The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the man slayer to flee to. Besides them you shall give forty-two cities."

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