Numbers - 35:24



24 then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 35:24.

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Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;
And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin:
then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments;
then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:
then have the company judged between the smiter and the redeemer of blood, by these judgments.
Then let the meeting of the people be judge between the man responsible for the death and him who has the right of punishment for blood, acting by these rules:
and 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,
Tunc judicabit congregatio inter percussorem et propinquum sanguinis secundum judicia ista.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The case of the innocent slayer is here contemplated. In a doubtful case there would necessarily have to be a judicial decision as to the guilt or innocence of the person who claimed the right of asylum.

Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the (h) revenger of blood according to these judgments:
(h) That is, his next kinsman.

Then the congregation,.... That is, the court of judicature, assembled together to hear and try this cause:
shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood; shall hear what both have to say, and pass sentence:
according to these judgments; these judicial laws and rules of judgment before delivered, exemplified in various cases.

In such a case as this, the congregation was to judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood, according to the judgments before them. They were to rescue the innocent man from the avenger of blood, to bring him back to his (i.e., the nearest) city of refuge to which he had fled, that he might dwell there till the death of the high priest, who had been anointed with the holy oil.

Then - If the man - slayer flee to to the city of refuge.

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