Topic
Avenger of blood
17 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 4:14Nave Cain fears
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
- Genesis 4:15Nave Cain fears
And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
- Genesis 4:24Nave Lamech fears
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
- Genesis 9:5Nave Premosaic
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
- Genesis 9:6Nave Premosaic
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
- Exodus 21:13Easton
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
- Numbers 35:13Easton
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
- Numbers 35:19–29Nave SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely…
- Numbers 35:25Easton
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed…
- Deuteronomy 19:1Easton
When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
- Deuteronomy 19:4–13Nave SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
¶ And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past; As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with…
- Deuteronomy 19:9Easton
If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
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- Deuteronomy 19:11–13 Easton
- Joshua 20:1–9 Nave SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- 2 Samuel 14:4–11 Nave Law concerning, set aside. by David
- 2 Samuel 14:7 Easton
- 2 Samuel 14:11 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 8 references
(Heb. goel, from verb gaal, “to be near of kin,” “to redeem”), the nearest relative of a murdered person. It was his right and duty to slay the murderer (2 Sam. 14:7, 11) if he found him outside of a city of refuge. In order that this law might be guarded against abuse, Moses appointed six cities of refuge (Ex. 21:13; Num. 35:13; Deut. 19:1,9). These were in different parts of the country, and every facility was afforded the manslayer that he might flee to the city that lay nearest him for safety. Into the city of refuge the avenger durst not follow him. This arrangement applied only to cases where the death was not premeditated. The case had to be investigated by the authorities of the city, and the wilful murderer was on no account to be spared. He was regarded as an impure and polluted person, and was delivered up to the goel (Deut. 19:11-13). If the offence was merely manslaughter, then the fugitive must remain within the city till the death of the high priest (Num. 35:25).
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 11 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Premosaic Ge 9:5,6
- → Cain fears Ge 4:14,15
- → Lamech fears Ge 4:24
- → Law concerning, set aside. by David 2Sa 14:4-11
- → See HOMICIDE
- → FIGURATIVE
- → SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Ge 9:5,6; Nu 35:19-29; De 19:4-13; Jos 20:1-9
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.