Catholic Public Domain Version
"and this has been proven in the hearing of the people, and the questions have been aired, between the one who struck and the close relative, "
— Numbers 35:24, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:”
“then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances; ”
“then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;”
“then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.”
“And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin:”
“Then let the meeting of the people be judge between the man responsible for the death and him who has the right of punishment for blood, acting by these rules:”
“Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:”
or, while being his enemy, strikes him with his hand, and so he has died, the attacker shall be guilty of murder. The kinsman of the deceased, as soon as he finds him, shall cut his throat.
But if by chance, and without hatred
or animosity, he will have done any of these things,
and this has been proven in the hearing of the people, and the questions have been aired, between the one who struck and the close relative,
then the innocent one shall be freed from the hand of the revenger, and he shall be returned by this judgment into the city to which he had fled, and he shall stay there until the high priest, who has been anointed with the holy oil, dies.
If the one who has killed has been found beyond the limits of the cities which have been assigned to the exiled,
and he has been struck by him who is avenging blood, he who killed him shall not be harmed.