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Numbers 35:28 Cross-References

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Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.

Numbers 35:28 (KJV)

Commentary on Numbers 35:28

Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest (הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל, ha-kohen ha-gadol)—the high priest's death liberated the manslayer. Why? The high priest bore the nation's guilt annually on Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16); his death symbolically atoned for the manslayer's bloodguilt, allowing restoration.This profoundly foreshadows Christ, our Great High Priest (Hebrews 4:14), whose death liberates us from sin's exile. But after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession—full restoration followed priestly deat...

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