Numbers 35:25

then the innocent one shall be freed from the hand of the revenger, and he shall be returned by this judgment into the city to which he had fled, and he shall stay there until the high priest, who has been anointed with the holy oil, dies.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

24and this has been proven in the hearing of the people, and the questions have been aired, between the one who struck and the close relative,

26If the one who has killed has been found beyond the limits of the cities which have been assigned to the exiled,

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Cross References

Exodus 29:7And you shall pour the oil of unction over his head. And so, by this rite, he shall be consecrated.

Leviticus 8:12And pouring the oil over Aaron’s head, he anointed and consecrated him.

Numbers 35:28For the fugitive ought to have resided in the city, until the death of the high priest. Then, after he is dead, the one who has killed shall be returned to his own land.

Romans 3:24We have been justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Hebrews 4:14Therefore, since we have a great High Priest, who has pierced the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, we should hold to our confession.

Hebrews 9:12entered once into the Holy of Holies, having obtained eternal redemption, neither by the blood of goats, nor of calves, but by his own blood.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 35:10-34

The Cities of Refuge. ( b. c. 1452.) 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. 13 And of these cities which ye shall give… Read the whole commentary →

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