Context 26But if the manslayer at any time goes beyond the border of his city of refuge to which he may flee, 27and the blood avenger finds him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the blood avenger kills the manslayer, he will not be guilty of blood 28because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return to the land of his possession. 29These things shall be for a statutory ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 30If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death at the evidence of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. 31Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death. 32You shall not take ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to live in the land before the death of the priest. 33So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it. 34You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionBut if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth, Douay-Rheims Bible If the murderer be found without the limits of the cities that are appointed for the banished, Darby Bible Translation But if the manslayer shall in any way come outside the limits of the city of his refuge whither he hath fled, English Revised Version But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth; Webster's Bible Translation But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he had fled; World English Bible "'But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees, Young's Literal Translation And if the man-slayer at all go out from the border of the city of his refuge whither he fleeth, Library The Cities of the Levites. Concerning them, see Numbers, chapter 35, and Joshua chapter 21. "The suburbs of the cities of the Levites were three thousand cubits on every side; viz. from the walls of the city, and outwards; as it is said, 'From the walls of the city and outwards a thousand cubits: and thou shalt measure from without the city two thousand cubits' (Num 35:4,5). The former thousand were the suburbs, and the latter two thousand were for fields and vineyards. They appointed the place of burial to every one of those … John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica My Dear Young Friends, The Northern Coasts of Galilee. Amanah. The Mountain of Snow. Job's Faith and Expectation Numbers Links Numbers 35:26 NIV • Numbers 35:26 NLT • Numbers 35:26 ESV • Numbers 35:26 NASB • Numbers 35:26 KJV • Numbers 35:26 Bible Apps • Numbers 35:26 Parallel • Bible Hub |