Homicide | Torrey's Topical Textbook

Distinguished from murder Exodus 21:13,14; Numbers 35:16-21,25
JUSTIFIABLE, DESCRIBED AS
- Killing persons condemned by law Genesis 9:6; Exodus 35:2; Leviticus 24:16
- Killing a thief in the night Exodus 22:2
- Killing enemies in battle Numbers 31:7,8
- Killing a manslayer by next of kin Numbers 35:27
UNJUSTIFIABLE, DESCRIBED AS
- Killing without enmity Numbers 35:22
- Killing without lying in wait Exodus 21:13; Numbers 35:22
- Killing by accident Numbers 35:23; Deuteronomy 19:5
The avenger of blood might slay those guilty of unjustifiable Numbers 35:19,27
Protection afforded in the cities of refuge to those guilty Of unjustified Numbers 35:11,15
Confinement in the city of refuge the punishment for Unjustifiable Numbers 35:25,28

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