Numbers 35:24

Revised Standard Version

then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these ordinances;

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

King James Version
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

Lexham English Bible
then the community will judge between the striker and between the blood avenger according to these ordinances.

English Standard Version
then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these rules.

New Century Version
If that happens, the community must judge between the relative of the dead person and the killer, according to these rules.

New English Translation
then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.

Amplified Bible
then the congregation shall judge between the offender and the blood avenger according to these ordinances.

New American Standard Bible
then the congregation shall judge between the one who fatally struck the victim and the blood avenger in accordance with these ordinances.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Congregation shall iudge betweene the slayer and the auenger of blood according to these lawes.

Legacy Standard Bible
then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the blood avenger according to these legal judgments.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the community is to judge between the one who struck him and the next-of-kin avenger in accordance with these rules;

Darby Translation
then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments;

Easy-to-Read Version
If that happens, the community must decide what to do. The court must decide if a member of the dead person's family can kill you.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of the blood according to these judgments;

Good News Translation
In such cases the community shall judge in your favor and not in favor of the dead person's relative who is seeking revenge.

Christian Standard Bible®
the assembly is to judge between the person who kills someone and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

Literal Translation
then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood, by these judgments.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the shal the cogregacion iudge betwene him yt hath comytted ye slaughter, and the auenger of bloude, in soch cases.

American Standard Version
then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

Bible in Basic English
Then let the meeting of the people be judge between the man responsible for the death and him who has the right of punishment for blood, acting by these rules:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then the congregation shal iudge betweene the slayer and the reuenger of blood, according to these lawes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

King James Version (1611)
Then the Congregation shall iudge betweene the slayer, and the reuenger of blood, according to these iudgements.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood, according to these judgments.

English Revised Version
then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:

Berean Standard Bible
then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and this is preued in heryng `of the puple, and the questioun of blood is discussid bitwixe the smytere and the kynesman,

Young's Literal Translation
then have the company judged between the smiter and the redeemer of blood, by these judgments.

Update Bible Version
then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:

World English Bible
then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

New King James Version
then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments.

New Living Translation
If this should happen, the community must follow these regulations in making a judgment between the slayer and the avenger, the victim's nearest relative:

New Life Bible
then the people will decide by these Laws between the killer and the one who wants to punish him.

New Revised Standard
then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these ordinances;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
then shall the assembly judge, between him that smote and the blood-redeemer, - according to these regulations;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the blood avenger according to these ordinances.

Contextual Overview

⁹ And the LORD said to Moses, ¹⁰ "Say to the people of Israel, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ¹¹ then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there. ¹² The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment. ¹³ And the cities which you give shall be your six cities of refuge. ¹⁴ You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge. ¹⁵ These six cities shall be for refuge for the people of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, that any one who kills any person without intent may flee there. ¹⁶ "But if he struck him down with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death. ¹⁷ And if he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death. ¹⁸ Or if he struck him down with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.

Bible Verse Review
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Numbers 35:12, Joshua 20:6

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:1 - the judgments Numbers 35:19 - General Deuteronomy 19:11 - But if any

Cross-References

Genesis 35:16
Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

Genesis 35:18
And as her soul was departing (for she died), she called his name Ben-o'ni; but his father called his name Benjamin.

Genesis 35:19
So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),

Genesis 35:22
While Israel dwelt in that land Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Genesis 35:24
The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the congregation,.... That is, the court of judicature, assembled together to hear and try this cause:

shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood; shall hear what both have to say, and pass sentence:

according to these judgments; these judicial laws and rules of judgment before delivered, exemplified in various cases.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sense is: Inasmuch as to take another man’s life by any means whatsoever is murder, and exposes the murderer to the penalty of retaliation; so, if the deed is done in hostility, it is in truth actual murder, and the murderer shall be slain; but if it be not done in hostility, then the congregation shall interpose to stop the avenger’s hand.

Numbers 35:19

When he meeteth him - Provided, of course, it were without a city of refuge.

Numbers 35:24

The case of the innocent slayer is here contemplated. In a doubtful case there would necessarily have to be a judicial decision as to the guilt or innocence of the person who claimed the right of asylum.

Numbers 35:25

The homicide was safe only within the walls of his city of refuge. He became a virtual exile from his home. The provisions here made serve to mark the gravity of the act of manslaughter, even when not premeditated; and the inconveniences attending on them fell, as is right and fair, upon him who committed the deed.

Unto the death of the high priest - The atoning death of the Saviour cast its shadow before on the statute-book of the Law and on the annals of Jewish history. The high priest, as the head and representative of the whole chosen family of sacerdotal mediators, as exclusively entrusted with some of the chief priestly functions, as alone privileged to make yearly atonement within the holy of holies, and to gain, from the mysterious Urim and Thummim, special revelations of the will of God, was, preeminently, a type of Christ. And thus the death of each successive high priest presignified that death of Christ by which the captives were to be freed, and the remembrance of transgressions made to cease.