Numbers 35:1-8
THE CITIES OF THE LEVITES... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CITIES OF THE LEVITES... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the Plains of Moab by Jordan, near Jericho, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Command the children of Israel that they give unto the Levites of the Inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in, for the Levites, as a tribe, received no special territory in the land of Canaan, Numbers 18:20; AND YE SHALL GIVE ALSO UNTO THE LEVITES SUBURBS FOR THE CITIES ROUND ABOUT THEM,... [ Continue Reading ]
And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs, the meadows, the pasture-land, OF THEM SHALL BE FOR THEIR CATTLE AND FOR THEIR GOODS AND TOR ALL THEIR BEASTS.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about, that is, measuring directly from the city wall in a straight line.... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall measure from without the city, from its wall or boundary, ON THE EAST SIDE TWO THOUSAND CUBITS, AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE TWO THOUSAND CUBITS, AND ON THE WEST SIDE TWO THOUSAND CUBITS, AND ON THE NORTH SIDE TWO THOUSAND CUBITS; AND THE CITY SHALL BE IN THE MIDST, and the place occupied by i... [ Continue Reading ]
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, to the man who unintentionally takes his neighbor's life, THAT HE MAY FLEE THITHER; AND TO THEM YE SHALL ADD FORTY AND TWO CITIES, making a total of forty-eight.... [ Continue Reading ]
So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them shall ye give with their suburbs.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel, selected from the territory apportioned to the tribes; FROM THEM THAT HAVE MANY YE SHALL GIVE MANY; BUT FROM THEM THAT HAVE FEW YE SHALL GIVE FEW; EVERY ONE SHALL GIVE OF HIS CITIES UNTO THE LEVITES ACCORDING TO... [ Continue Reading ]
REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE CITIES OF REFUGE... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan,... [ Continue Reading ]
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, by error, inadvertently, without premeditation or malice.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger (of blood), THAT THE MANSLAYER DIE NOT UNTIL HE STAND BEFORE THE CONGREGATION IN JUDGMENT and be able to clear himself of the charge of malicious murder.... [ Continue Reading ]
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, in the territory of the two and one half tribes, AND THREE CITIES SHALL YE GIVE IN THE LAND OF CANAAN, WHICH SHALL BE CITIES OF REFUGE.... [ Continue Reading ]
These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, that every one that killeth any person unawares, unintentionally, MAY FLEE THITHER. These regulations are still further expanded in Deuteronomy 19:1, especially with regard to t... [ Continue Reading ]
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if he smite him with throwing a stone, with a stone large enough to fill the hand, and therefore presumably heavy enough to cause death, WHEREWITH HE MAY DIE, AND HE DIE, HE IS A MURDERER; THE MURDERER SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH.... [ Continue Reading ]
Or if he smite him with an hand-weapon of wood, one whose holding requires the full size of the hand, WHEREWITH HE MAY DIE, AND HE DIE, HE IS A MURDERER; THE MURDERER SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH.... [ Continue Reading ]
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer; when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. In these three cases, where a heavy iron instrument, an ax or hammer, a large stone, or a heavy wooden tool or cudgel was used in striking down the neighbor, the evidence that he deliberately took the neig... [ Continue Reading ]
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, with deliberate intent, THAT HE DIE,... [ Continue Reading ]
or in enmity smite him with his hand that he die, he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer; the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meeteth him, the elders of the city of refuge in that case being obliged to deliver the murderer to the avenger of blood, Deut... [ Continue Reading ]
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, without a previous quarrel, OR HAVE CAST UPON HIM ANYTHING WITHOUT LAYING OF WAIT, without malicious intention,... [ Continue Reading ]
or with any stone wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him that he die, as might happen, for instance, during the building of a house, AND WAS NOT HIS ENEMY, NEITHER SOUGHT HIS. HARM, had absolutely no intention of hurting him,... [ Continue Reading ]
then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments, according to the regulations as contained in this Chapter;... [ Continue Reading ]
and the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, save his life by preventing his execution by the hand of the revenger, AND THE CONGREGATION SHALL RESTORE HIM TO THE CITY OF HIS REFUGE, grant him safe-conduct to this haven of safety, WHITHER HE WAS FLED, for th... [ Continue Reading ]
But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled, where he enjoyed the protection of the Levites under the provisions of this law,... [ Continue Reading ]
and the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer, he (the revenger) SHALL NOT BE GUILTY OF BLOOD, shall not be considered a murderer,... [ Continue Reading ]
because he (the slayer) SHOULD HAVE REMAINED IN THE CITY OF HIS REFUGE UNTIL THE DEATH OF THE HIGH PRIEST. BUT AFTER THE DEATH OF THE HIGH PRIEST THE SLAYER SHALL RETURN INTO THE LAND. OF HIS POSSESSION, to his own inheritance in the midst of his tribe, since his life was now safeguarded by the Law... [ Continue Reading ]
So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings, these precepts belonged to the ordinances which should remain in power as long as the nation of Israel endured.... [ Continue Reading ]
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses, their testimony being needed to convict him; BUT ONE WITNESS SHALL NOT TESTIFY AGAINST ANY PERSON TO CAUSE HIM TO DIE. Where the life of a person was in jeopardy, the testimony of a single person, no matter how t... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer which is guilty of death, he could not save his life by paying a sum of money as ransom; BUT HE SHALL BE SURELY PUT TO DEATH.... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest; no payment of money should procure for him a release from his banishment.... [ Continue Reading ]
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are, by sparing the life of a murderer, due to false sentiment or the acceptance of bribe money; FOR BLOOD, IT DEFILETH THE LAND, namely, that shed in willful murder; AND THE LAND CANNOT BE CLEANSED OF THE BLOOD THAT IS SHED THEREIN BUT BY THE BLOOD OF HIM... [ Continue Reading ]
Defile not, therefore, the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell; for I, the Lord, dwell among the children of Israel, and every desecration of the land would call forth His avenging justice, Leviticus 18:25. Although this special precept belongs to the Levitical Law of the Old Testament, it... [ Continue Reading ]