Numbers 35:12
“And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And they shall be unto you cities of refuge from the avenger,.... Or near kinsman; for as the right of redemption of an…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The avenger - Hebrew גאל gā'al, a term of which the original import is uncertain. The very obscurity of its etymology…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Until he stand before the congregation in judgment - So one of these cities was not a perpetual asylum; It was only a…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the avenger Heb. gô"çl, the nearest representative of the family of the slain man. Perhaps (with LXX.) we should read…
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