Numbers 35:32
The Scripture
(32) And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Numbers 35 commands the Israelites to give the Levites cities to dwell in with surrounding pasturelands from their own inheritance. It designates six cities of refuge where a manslayer who killed someone unintentionally could flee from the avenger of blood, and it distinguishes accidental killing from intentional murder, which required the death of the murderer on the testimony of witnesses. The chapter closes by forbidding the pollution of the land by bloodshed, since the Lord Himself dwells among the children of Israel.
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