Cities of Refuge, Continued
Read Numbers 35:22–34 and answer the following questions:
- How was the whole congregation involved in dealing with these situations? Why would it be important for them to be involved?
- What distinction was made between premeditated murder and that of manslaughter?
- Even though the death might have been by accident, the perpetrator still had to remain in the city of refuge in order to be protected. Given the context, why do you think that was so?
- All through the book of Numbers we have seen example after example of God’s supernatural intervention, especially in cases of apostasy, sin, and rebellion. That being the case, why do you think the Lord set up this system of justice, in which humans were responsible for determining guilt and innocence? Why didn’t He just supernaturally administer justice, as He did in other cases?
- Why do you think a murderer couldn’t be put to death on the testimony of just one witness? What does that say about how serious the issue regarding capital punishment was?
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