Cross references
Numbers 35:12
You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
Numbers 35:12 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 19:6 (4 votes) and Joshua 20:3–6 (4 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Exodus 21 to Hebrews 6.
Which verses does Numbers 35:12 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Deuteronomy 19:64 votes
Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
- Joshua 20:3–64 votes
so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood. When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them. …
- Joshua 20:93 votes
These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
- 2 Samuel 14:73 votes
Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
- Numbers 35:192 votes
The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
- Numbers 35:24–272 votes
then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances. The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. …
- Deuteronomy 19:11–122 votes
If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities, the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
Which verses point to Numbers 35:12?
The 10 strongest of 12.