Numbers 35:24
Good News Translation
In such cases the community shall judge in your favor and not in favor of the dead person's relative who is seeking revenge.

New Revised Standard Version
then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these ordinances;

New American Bible
then the community will judge between the assailant and the avenger of blood in accordance with these norms.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin:

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And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin:

Numbers 35:12 And when the fugitive shall be in them, the kinsman of him that is slain may not have power to kill him, until he stand before the multitude, and his cause be judged.

Joshua 20:6 And he shall dwell in that city, till he stand before judgment to give an account of his fact, and till the death of the high priest, who shall be at that time: then shall the manslayer return, and go into his own city and house from whence he fled.

Context
Six Cities of Refuge
23And enmity, he do any of these things, 24And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin:25The innocent shall be delivered from the hand of the revenger, and shall be brought back by sentence into the city, to which he had fled, and he shall abide there until the death of the high priest, that is anointed with the holy oil.…
Cross References
Numbers 35:23
And enmity, he do any of these things,

Numbers 35:25
The innocent shall be delivered from the hand of the revenger, and shall be brought back by sentence into the city, to which he had fled, and he shall abide there until the death of the high priest, that is anointed with the holy oil.

Joshua 20:6
And he shall dwell in that city, till he stand before judgment to give an account of his fact, and till the death of the high priest, who shall be at that time: then shall the manslayer return, and go into his own city and house from whence he fled.

Numbers 35:23
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