Numbers 35:25 meaning and explanation
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.
Numbers 35:25, Berean Standard Bible
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The LORD is instructing Moses on the plains of Moab, before Israel enters Canaan, about how the community must handle a killing that was accidental. The assembly, meaning the gathered congregation acting as judges, must rescue the manslayer from the avenger of blood, the relative responsible for pursuing the killer.
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