Numbers 35:26
24 then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
25 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.
But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled
27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed
28 because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled
- KJV
- But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
- WEB
- “‘But if the man slayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge where he flees,
- ASV
- But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth,
- DARBY
- But if the manslayer shall in any way come outside the limits of the city of his refuge whither he hath fled,
- BLB
- But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge, where there he fled,
- ÅB
- Men dersom manndraperen kommer utenfor den tilfluktsstads enemerker som han er flyktet til,
- OTB
- "Hvis den anklagede noen gang forlater grensene til tilfluktsbyen som de flyktet til,
- B1930
- Men dersom manndraperen kommer utenfor den tilfluktsstads enemerker som han er flyktet til,