Numbers 35:9-36:13
But if without enmity someone suddenly pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally or, without seeing them, drops on them a stone heavy enough to kill them, and they die, then since that other person was not an enemy and no harm was intended, the assembly must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations. The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send the accused back to the city of refuge to which they fled. The accused must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which they fled and the avenger of blood finds them outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused without being guilty of murder. The accused must stay in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may they return to their own property.
Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.
Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the Lord, dwell among the Israelites.
So Zelophehad’s daughters did as the Lord commanded Moses. Zelophehad’s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah—married their cousins on their father’s side. They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in their father’s tribe and clan.
Why?
The cities of refuge protect those who kill others unintentionally. But do not accept the murderer.
And no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
The Lord respects each life in the world. So we should respect everyone around us.
The idea does not defile the land where we live and where we dwell. because the Lord dwells among us.
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一個概念保守或是守護！
神給人第二次的機會。如果沒有逃城，復仇者變成故意殺人，則復仇者不能受到逃城的保護。所以也是保護復仇者。
逃城要保守應許之地的潔淨。讓全地保守公義之地。
前面35章講權利，36章講到這些女兒的義務，只能嫁給瑪拿西支派的。這是永恆的產業，不可以買賣，象徵我們未來在天上的產業。
逃城也限制人的行動。神賜給人恩典，人有責任保守恩典，讓神的恩典可以持續下去。基督徒的婚姻也是受限制的，若和非基督徒結婚，很可能離開神的恩典。基督徒的婚姻是神給我們使命在當中 ，傳福音保守神的恩典。
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How?
Do not defile the land where I live and where I dwell, not only for life but also for environmental protection.
