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Numbers 35:25

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 35:25

Verse 25 of 34

Scripture focus

And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

Numbers 35:25 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 35:25

Theological / Devotional

High priest. The safety of the accused lay in his obeying the law of the city of refuge and abiding in it. In so doing he was literally under Levitical, or ecclesiastical, protection, and so subject to the high priest. A new administration would, figuratively, give him a new lease on life.

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