Num 35:24 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 35:24-25: 35:24-25 If the slayer was cleared of the murder charge in his trial or hearing before the community (cp. Deut 19:11-12 ), he had to remain in the city of refuge to which he fled, and the avenger was not supposed to seek revenge, because the slayer was not guilty of murder. • until the death of the high priest: The priest’s death probably provided a kind of expiation for the blood that had been shed; even though the slayer was innocent of murder, human bloodshed had polluted the land (Num 35:33 ; cp. Gen 4:10-11 ).

a35:24-25►

bDeut 19:11-12►

cNum 35:33►

dGen 4:10-11►

‏ Numbers 35:24

Summary for Num 35:24-25: 35:24-25 ^a If the slayer was cleared of the murder charge in his trial or hearing before the community (cp. Deut 19:11-12 ^b), he had to remain in the city of refuge to which he fled, and the avenger was not supposed to seek revenge, because the slayer was not guilty of murder.

• until the death of the high priest: The priest’s death probably provided a kind of expiation for the blood that had been shed; even though the slayer was innocent of murder, human bloodshed had polluted the land (Num 35:33 ^c; cp. Gen 4:10-11 ^d).