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Verse Numbers 35:30. _BUT ONE WITNESS SHALL NOT TESTIFY AGAINST ANY_]
This was a just and necessary provision. One may be _mistaken_, or so
violently _prejudiced_ as to impose even on his own judgmen...
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BY THE MOUTH OF WITNESSES - i. e. two witnesses, at the least (compare
the marginal references). The provisions of this and the following
verses protect the enactments of this chapter from abuse. The...
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11. THE CITIES OF REFUGE
CHAPTER 35
_ 1. The provision of the Levites: Forty-eight cities (Numbers 35:1)_
2. The cities of refuge (Numbers 35:9)
The cities of the Levites were scattered through the...
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CONDITIONS LIMITING THE PRIVILEGE OF SANCTUARY. Anciently the holiness
of a sanctuary extended to all who came in contact with it, so that
the right of asylum was liable to be abused; but by this law...
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PERSON. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.
MOUTH. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the
_evidence_ given by it....
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ONE WITNESS SHALL NOT TESTIFY AGAINST ANY PERSON— This is a wise
precaution to prevent the shedding of innocent blood. The Jews tell
us, that where there was but one witness, though he who was accused...
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F. LAWS OF HOMICIDE vv. 16-34
TEXT
Numbers 35:16. And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that
he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
17. And if he smite him w...
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_SO THESE THINGS SHALL BE FOR A STATUTE OF JUDGMENT UNTO YOU
THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS IN ALL YOUR DWELLINGS._
These things shall be for a statute of judgment. The law of the
blood-avenger, as thus...
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35:30 death; (f-18) Lit. 'shall the slayer be slain.' testify (g-24)
Lit. 'answer.'...
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THE LEVITICAL CITIES. THE CITIES OF REFUGIE
1-8. The Levitical Cities.
The tribe of Levi received no part of the land of Canaan as their
inheritance (Numbers 18:20; Numbers 26:62). By way of compensa...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 35
THE TOWNS FOR LEVI’S *TRIBE – NUMBERS 35:1-8
V1 Still the *Israelites were camping on the plains of the cou
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BY THE MOUTH OF WITNESSES. — The number of witnesses is not here
specified. In Deuteronomy 17:6 it is ordained that the crime of
idolatry should be punished with death “at the mouth of two
witnesses,...
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כָּל ־מַ֨כֵּה ־נֶ֔פֶשׁ לְ פִ֣י
עֵדִ֔ים יִרְצַ
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THE CITIES OF REFUGE
Numbers 35:1; Numbers 36:1
1. THE INHERITANCE OF THE LEVITES
The order relating to the Levitical cities may be said to describe an
ideal settlement. We have, at all events, no...
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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, wh...
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It will be remembered that the Levites were not permitted to hold, any
inheritance in the land. Jehovah was the portion of their inheritance.
Provision was now made for them. Forty-eight cities scatte...
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_Man. A person might be tried on such evidence, Deuteronomy xix. 15._...
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As one and the same subject is continued through these verses, I have
not interrupted the Reader in its perusal, until he hath arrived at
the close of it, in the end of the chapter. But it will be now...
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The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their
neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a
striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
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30._Whoso killeth any person_, He now returns to willful murderers,
whom he will not have spared, but yet not given over to punishment
unless convicted by legal proofs. Literally it is, Whoso smiteth...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 34, 35, AND 36.
Finally, God takes care of His people in all respects; He marks the
limits of the country they were to enjoy. He settles the taking
possessio...
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WHOSO KILLETH ANY PERSON,.... Willingly, and through enmity and
malice:
THE MURDERER SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH BY THE MOUTH OF TWO WITNESSES;
which is repeated partly to show, that this law concerning th...
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_By the mouth of witnesses_ A wise precaution to prevent the shedding
of innocent blood. If we may credit the Jews, where there was but one
witness, and the person accused of murder could not, therefo...
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1 Eight and fourtie Cities for the Leuites with their suburbs, and
measure thereof.
6 Sixe of them are to be cities of refuge.
9 The lawes of murder.
31 No satisfaction for murder.
1 AND the LORD...
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Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the
mouth of witnesses, their testimony being needed to convict him; BUT
ONE WITNESS SHALL NOT TESTIFY AGAINST ANY PERSON TO CAUSE HIM T...
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE CITIES OF REFUGE...
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CITIES GIVEN TO THE LEVITES
(vs.1-8)
The Levites had no tribal possession, but were to be scattered among
the tribes so as to serve and teach the ways of the Lord (Deuteronomy
33:10). Therefore the t...
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9-34 To show plainly the abhorrence of murder, and to provide the
more effectually for the punishment of the murderer, the nearest
relation of the deceased, under the title of avenger of blood, (or t...
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No judge shall condemn any man to death upon a single testimony....
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The opening lines of this most interesting chapter set before us the
gracious provision which Jehovah made for His servants the Levites.
Each of the tribes of Israel was privileged that we say not bou...
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Numbers 35:30 kills H5221 (H8688) person H5315 murderer H7523 (H8802)
death H7523 (H8799) testimony...
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FURTHER EXAMPLES.
Numbers 35:20
“ And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait,
so that he died, or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he
died; he that smote him shall su...
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CONTENTS: The cities of refuge.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: God would teach us to conceive a dread and horror of the
guilt of blood and to be very careful of life, lest even by negligence
we...
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Numbers 35:4. _A thousand cubits on the east side two thousand
cubits._ A line of one thousand cubits extending from the centre of
the city, east, west, north, and south, would make each side of the
s...
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_Ye shall appoint you cities, to be cities of refuge for you _
THE CITIES OF REFUGE
I_._
The position of the homicide exposed to the stroke of the avenger is a
type of our position in our sin. Few p...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 35:9__ Canaan is the holy land because God
dwells there. He is the holy one, and sin and death are in absolute
opposition to him (see note on 5:1–6:27). If the land is made
unc...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 35:30 At least two WITNESSES are required
for a murder conviction (see also Deuteronomy 19:15). Ransom
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
This chapter contains directions for the appointment of
(1) cities for the Levites to dwell in; and
(2) cities of refuge for the manslayer; and laws concerning wilful...
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As we get into chapter thirty-five, it describes the cities of refuge
that they were to establish, verse two,
Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the
inheritance of their...
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1 Timothy 5:19; 2 Corinthians 13:1; Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy
17:7;...
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Does the need for two witnesses mean that it is wrong to condemn
someone on other evidence?
PROBLEM: According to Numbers 35:30, a man accused of murder could be
convicted and condemned on the testimo...