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Numbers 35 Translation Questions
Q? What did Yahweh command each one of the tribes of Israel to do for the Levites?
A. He commanded them to give to the Levites some of their own shares of land, cities to live in, and pastureland surrounding the cities. [35:1-2]
Q? How many cities were to be given to the Levites?
A. Forty-eight cities were to be given to the Levites. [35:6]
Q? What was the purpose for six of the cities that the Levites would receive?
A. They were to serve as cities of refuge to which accused murderers could flee. [35:6]
Q? How would the cities of refuge protect an accused man from his avenger?
A. Anyone who killed someone unintentionally could flee to them and know they would not be killed without standing on trial before the community. [35:9-12]
Q? What would cause an accused man to certainly be put to death?
A. He would be put to death if he struck his victim with an instrument of iron, a stone in his hand, or a wooden weapon and then his victim died. [35:16-18]
Q? What would happen if an accused man without a weapon injured someone so that they die?
A. If an accused man without a weapon manhandles anyone or throws something at him while hiding, or strikes him down with his hand so that the victim dies, then the accused man must be put to death. [35:20-21]
Q? What must the community do to rescue from the blood avenger an accused man, whose victim dies through unintentional harm?
A. The community must rescue the accused man by returning him to the city of refuge to which he had originally fled. [35:25]
Q? When could a blood avenger kill the accused man and yet not be guilty of murder?
A. If the blood avenger would find the accused man outside the border of the city of refuge to which he fled, then he could kill him and not be found guilty of murder. [35:26-27]
Q? When would an accused man be free to return to his own property?
A. He would be free to return after the death of the high priest. [35:28]
Q? What is needed before a murderer can be put to death?
A. The testimony of more than one witness is needed before a murderer can be put to death. [35:30]
Q? What ransom can people accept for the life of a murderer?
A. The people are to accept no ransom for the life of a murderer or for one who has fled to a city of refuge. [35:31-32]
Q? What is the only thing that can atone for land on which blood has been shed?
A. Only the blood of the one who has shed the blood will atone for the land. [35:33-34]