Numbers 35:16

35:16 “But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies, ¹  he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:19

35:19 The avenger ²  of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.

Numbers 35:26

35:26 But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,

Numbers 35:12

35:12 And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community.

Numbers 35:17-18

35:17 If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death. 35:18 Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon so that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:21

35:21 or with enmity he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death, for he is a murderer. The avenger of blood must kill the murderer when he meets him.

Numbers 35:27-28

35:27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood, 35:28 because the slayer ³  should have stayed in his town of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to the land of his possessions.

Numbers 35:30

35:30 “Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony ⁴  of witnesses; but one witness cannot ⁵  testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.

[35:16]  ¹ tn the verb is the preterite of “die.” The sentence has :“if…he strikes him and he dies.” The vav (ו) consecutive is showing the natural result of the blow.

[35:19]  ² tn The participle גֹּאֵל (go’el) is the one who protects the family by seeking vengeance for a crime. This is the same verb used for levirate marriages and other related customs.

[35:28]  ³ tn Heb “he.”

[35:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “ at the mouth of”; the metonymy stresses it is at their report.

[35:30]  ⁵ tn The verb should be given the nuance of imperfect of potentiality.