Numbers 35:25

KJV

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.

— Numbers 35:25, King James Version
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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 …

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Other Translations

ASV

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.

YLT

`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.

BBE

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.

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