Numbers 35:19
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meet him, he shall slay him.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
In Context
20But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
Cross References
Numbers 35:12And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the murderer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
Numbers 35:24Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
Deuteronomy 19:6Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
Joshua 20:3That the slayer that kills any person unexpectedly and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Judges 8:19And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD lives, if all of you had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
2 Samuel 3:30So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
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 →