HOMICIDE

HOMICIDE

  1. Distinguished from murder # Ex 21:13,14 Nu 35:16-21,25
  2. JUSTIFIABLE, DESCRIBED AS 2a) Killing persons condemned by law

    # Ge 9:6 Ex 35:2 Le 24:16

2b) Killing a thief in the night # Ex 22:2 2c) Killing enemies in battle # Nu 31:7,8 2d) Killing a manslayer by next of kin # Nu 35:27 3) UNJUSTIFIABLE, DESCRIBED AS 3a) Killing without enmity # Nu 35:22 3b) Killing without lying in wait # Ex 21:13 Nu 35:22 3c) Killing by accident # Nu 35:23 De 19:5 4) The avenger of blood might slay those guilty of unjustifiable # Nu 35:19,27 5) Protection afforded in the cities of refuge to those guilty of unjustified # Nu 35:11,15 6) Confinement in the city of refuge the punishment for unjustifiable # Nu 35:25,28