HOMICIDE

HOMICIDE: - Distinguished from murder Ex 21:13,14; Nu 35:16-21,25 - JUSTIFIABLE, DESCRIBED AS . Killing persons condemned by law Ge 9:6; Ex 35:2; Le 24:16 . Killing a thief in the night Ex 22:2 . Killing enemies in battle Nu 31:7,8 . Killing a manslayer by next of kin Nu 35:27 - UNJUSTIFIABLE, DESCRIBED AS . Killing without enmity Nu 35:22 . Killing without lying in wait Ex 21:13; Nu 35:22 . Killing by accident Nu 35:23; De 19:5 - The avenger of blood might slay those guilty of unjustifiable Nu 35:19,27 - Protection afforded in the cities of refuge to those guilty of unjustified Nu 35:11,15 - Confinement in the city of refuge the punishment for unjustifiable Nu 35:25,28