26" 'But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he has fled


In Context

23 or, without seeing him, drops a stone on him that could kill him, and he dies, then since he was not his enemy and he did not intend to harm him,

24 the assembly must judge between him and the avenger of blood according to these regulations.

25 The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send him back to the city of refuge to which he fled. He must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

26 " 'But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he has fled

27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused without being guilty of murder.

28 The accused must stay in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may he return to his own property.

Numbers 35:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:26But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:26If the murderer be found without the limits of the cities that are appointed for the banished,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:26But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:26But if the manslayer shall in any way come outside the limits of the city of his refuge whither he hath fled,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:26But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:26But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he had fled;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:26|'But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

35:26And if the man-slayer at all go out from the border of the city of his refuge whither he fleeth,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:26But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, where he was fled;