But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, where he was fled;
But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, where he was fled;
But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth,
But if ever he goes outside the walls of the safe town where he had gone in flight,
But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he had fled;
"'But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,
But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth;
35:26 He shall abide in it - Be confined to it, partly to shew the hatefulness of murder in God's account by so severe a punishment, inflicted upon the very appearance of it, and partly for the security of the man - slayer, lest the presence of such a person, and his conversation among the kindred of the deceased, might occasion reproach and blood - shed.The death of the high - priest - Perhaps to shew that the death of Christ (the true High - priest, whom the others represented) is the only meanswhereby sins are pardoned and sinners set at liberty.