THE CITIES OF REFUGE FOR THE MANSLAYER
Numbers 35:1
This chapter is full of provision for the Levites, the chosen
ministers of God's house. They who serve there may be at rest about
their maintenance. He is not unrighteous to forget their labor of
love.
These forty-eight cities must have been cen... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PENALTY FOR THE MURDERER
Numbers 35:16
For murder the penalty was death, Numbers 35:30; but for accidental
homicide there was freedom within the city limits until the death of
the high priest, when all these refugees might return to their homes
with impunity. The institution of the blood-aveng... [ Continue Reading ]