Numbers 35:25
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.
Context
This verse from Numbers Chapter 35 connects to 10 cross-references. The Levites are to receive forty-eight towns with surrounding pasturelands distributed from the other tribes' inheritances. Six of these towns—three on each side of the Jordan—are designated as cities of refuge where someone who kills unintentionally may flee from the …
Other Translations
and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
`And the company have delivered the man-slayer out of the hand of the redeemer of blood, and the company have caused him to turn back unto the city of his refuge, whither he hath fled, and he hath dwelt in it till the death of the chief priest, who hath been anointed with the holy oil.
And let the people keep the man responsible for the death safe from the hands of him who has the right of punishment for blood, and send him back to his safe town where he had gone in flight: there let him be till the death of the high priest who was marked with the holy oil.
Cross References
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after …
And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that …
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for …
And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of …
To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which …
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: