Numbers 35:24 (BSB)
then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
From Numbers 35. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Numbers 35:24
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 35:24: Then the congregation,.... That is, the court of judicature, assembled together to hear and try this cause: shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood; shall hear what both have to say, and pass sentence: according to these judgments; these judicial laws and rules of judgment before delivered, exemplified in various cases.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 35:24: Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: (h) That is, his next kinsman.
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Numbers 35:24-25: Num 35:24-25 In such a case as this, the congregation was to judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood, according to the judgments before them. They were to rescue the innocent man from the avenger of blood, to bring him back to his (i.e., the nearest) city of refuge to which he had fled, that he might dwell there till the death of...