Numbers 35 - Introduction
* The cities of the Levites. (1-8) The cities of refuge, The laws about murder. (9-34)... [ Continue Reading ]
* The cities of the Levites. (1-8) The cities of refuge, The laws about murder. (9-34)... [ Continue Reading ]
1-8 The cities of the priests and Levites were not only to accommodate them, but to place them, as religious teachers, in several parts of the land. For though the typical service of the tabernacle or temple was only in one place, the preaching of the word of God, and prayer and praise, were not th... [ Continue Reading ]
9-34 To show plainly the abhorrence of murder, and to provide the more effectually for the punishment of the murderer, the nearest relation of the deceased, under the title of avenger of blood, (or the redeemer of blood,) in notorious cases, might pursue, and execute vengeance. A distinction is mad... [ Continue Reading ]