The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. Cross References Exodus 29:7 Then take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head. Numbers 35:24 then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances. Numbers 35:26 But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled 2 Samuel 14:14 For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him. Treasury of Scripture 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, where he was fled: and he shall abide in it to the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. abide in it Numbers 35:28 Joshua 20:6 Romans 3:24-26 anointed Exodus 29:7 Leviticus 4:3 Leviticus 8:12 |