Numbers 35:25
The innocent shall be delivered from the hand of the revenger, and shall be brought back by sentence into the city, to which he had fled, and he shall abide there until the death of the high priest, that is anointed with the holy oil.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
26If the murderer be found without the limits of the cities that are appointed for the banished,
Cross References
Exodus 29:7And thou shalt pour the oil of unction upon his head: and by this rite shall he be consecrated.
Leviticus 8:12And he poured it upon Aaron's head, and he anointed and consecrated him :
Numbers 35:28For the fugitive ought to have stayed in the city until the death of the high priest: and after he is dead, then shall the manslayer return to his own country.
Romans 3:24Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption, that is in Christ Jesus,
Hebrews 4:14Having therefore a great high priest that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God: let us hold fast our confession.
Hebrews 9:12Neither by the blood of goats, or of calves, but by his own blood, entered once into the holies, having obtained eternal redemption.
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 →