Homicide

Homicide

Distinguished from murder - Ex 21:13,14; Nu 35:16-21,25

JUSTIFIABLE, DESCRIBED AS

• Killing persons condemned by law
- Ge 9:6; Ex 35:2; Le 24:16
• Killing a thief in the night
- Ex 22:2
• Killing enemies in battle
- Nu 31:7,8
• Killing a manslayer by next of kin
- Nu 35:27

UNJUSTIFIABLE, DESCRIBED AS

• Killing without enmity
- Nu 35:22
• Killing without lying in wait
- Ex 21:13; Nu 35:22
• Killing by accident
- Nu 35:23; De 19:5

The avenger of blood might slay those guilty of unjustifiable - Nu 35:19,27

Protection afforded in the cities of refuge to those guilty of unjustified - Nu 35:11,15

Confinement in the city of refuge the punishment for unjustifiable - Nu 35:25,28