Numbers 35:25
“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, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood,.... Put him under the care of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Numbers 35:16-25
The sense is: Inasmuch as to take another man’s life by any means whatsoever is murder, and exposes the murderer to the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
shall restore him It is not stated where the congregation had taken him for judgement, but it was presumably to his own…
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