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The concept of the manslayer is primarily addressed in the Old Testament, where specific laws and provisions were established to deal with such cases.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>The distinction between a manslayer and a murderer is clearly outlined in the Mosaic Law. In <a href="/numbers/35-9.htm">Numbers 35:9-15</a>, God instructs Moses to establish cities of refuge for those who have killed someone unintentionally. These cities served as places of asylum where the manslayer could flee to avoid the avenger of blood, a family member seeking retribution for the death. The Berean Standard Bible states:<br><br><i>"Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there. These cities will be a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.'"</i> (<a href="/numbers/35-9.htm">Numbers 35:9-12</a>)<br><br>The cities of refuge were strategically located throughout the land to ensure accessibility. Six cities were designated: three on the east side of the Jordan River and three on the west. The purpose of these cities was to provide a fair trial and prevent blood vengeance, which was a common practice in ancient Near Eastern cultures.<br><br><b>Legal Provisions and Trials</b><br><br>The law required that the manslayer remain in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest, after which they could return home without fear of retribution (<a href="/numbers/35-25.htm">Numbers 35:25-28</a>). This provision underscored the sanctity of life and the importance of justice tempered with mercy. The trial process was designed to ensure that the killing was indeed accidental and not an act of murder. <a href="/deuteronomy/19-4.htm">Deuteronomy 19:4-6</a> further clarifies the conditions under which a person could be considered a manslayer:<br><br><i>"Now this is the case of the manslayer who flees there to live: When someone kills his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice, as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies. He may flee to one of these cities and live. Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him because the distance is great, and strike him dead, though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm."</i> (<a href="/deuteronomy/19-4.htm">Deuteronomy 19:4-6</a>)<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>The provision for manslayers reflects the biblical principle of justice balanced with compassion. It acknowledges human fallibility and the potential for tragic accidents, while also upholding the value of human life. The cities of refuge symbolize God's mercy and the opportunity for redemption and protection under His law.<br><br><b>New Testament Reflection</b><br><br>While the New Testament does not specifically address the concept of the manslayer, the principles of justice, mercy, and forgiveness are echoed in the teachings of Jesus Christ. The emphasis on reconciliation and forgiveness in passages such as <a href="/matthew/5-21.htm">Matthew 5:21-26</a> aligns with the spirit of the Old Testament laws regarding manslayers, highlighting the importance of resolving conflicts and seeking peace.<br><br>In summary, the biblical concept of the manslayer provides insight into the ancient legal system and God's provision for justice and mercy. It underscores the importance of intent in moral and legal judgments and reflects the broader biblical themes of protection, refuge, and redemption.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Manslayer</span><p>one who kills another unintentionally, and is thus distinguished from a murderer, who kills with malice aforethought. The cases of manslaughter mentioned in Scripture appear to be a sufficient indication of the intention of the lawgiver. <ol> <li>Death by a blow in a sudden quarrel. (<a href="/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22</a>)</li> <li>Death by a stone or missile thrown at random. Ibid. (<a href="/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22,23</a>)</li> <li>By the blade of an axe flying from its handle. (<a href="/deuteronomy/19-5.htm">19:5</a>) In all these and the like cases the manslayer was allowed to retire to a city of refuge. A thief overtaken at night in the act of stealing might lawfully be put to death, but if the sun had risen the killing him was to be regarded as murder. (<a href="/exodus/22-2.htm">Exodus 22:2,8</a>)</li> </ol><a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Manslayer</span><p>See <a href="../r/refuge.htm">REFUGE, CITIES OF</a>. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>One who was guilty of accidental homicide, and was entitled to flee to a city of refuge (<a href="/numbers/35-6.htm">Numbers 35:6</a>, 12, 22, 23), his compulsory residence in which terminated with the death of the high priest. (see <a href="../c/city.htm">CITY OF REFUGE</a>.) <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>n.</I>) One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">MANSLAYER</span><p>man'-sla-er (meratstseach, from ratsach (<a href="/numbers/35-6.htm">Numbers 35:6, 12</a>); androphonos (<a href="/1_timothy/1-9.htm">1 Timothy 1:9</a>)): A term employed with reference to both premeditated and accidental or justifiable killing. In the latter case, an asylum was granted (<a href="/numbers/35-6.htm">Numbers 35:6, 12</a>) until the death of the high priest, after which the slayer was allowed to "return into the land of his possession" (<a href="/numbers/35-28.htm">Numbers 35:28</a>). The cases in which the manslayer was to be held clearly immune from the punishment imposed on willful killing were:<br><br>(1) death by a blow in a sudden quarrel (<a href="/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22</a>);<br><br>(2) death by anything thrown at random (<a href="/numbers/35-22.htm">Numbers 35:22, 23</a>);<br><br>(3) death by the blade of an axe flying from the handle (<a href="/deuteronomy/19-5.htm">Deuteronomy 19:5</a>).<br><br>Among the cases in which one would be held responsible for the death of another, is to be counted the neglectful act of building a house without a parapet (<a href="/deuteronomy/22-8.htm">Deuteronomy 22:8</a>).<br><br>Manslaughter, as a modern legal term, is employed to distinguish unpremeditated killing from coldblooded murder, but formerly (2 Esdras 1:26) it was used in a more general sense.<br><br>See <a href="../m/murder.htm">MURDER</a>.<br><br>Frank E. Hirsch<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/409.htm"><span class="l">409. androphonos -- a <b>manslayer</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a <b>manslayer</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: androphonos Phonetic<br> Spelling: (an-drof-on'-os) Short Definition: a murderer Definition: a murderer <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/409.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/443.htm"><span class="l">443. anthropoktonos -- a <b>manslayer</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a <b>manslayer</b>. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anthropoktonos Phonetic<br> Spelling: (anth-ro-pok-ton'-os) Short Definition: a murderer Definition: a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/443.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7523.htm"><span class="l">7523. ratsach -- to murder, slay</span></a><br><b>...</b> ratsach. 7524 . to murder, slay. Transliteration: ratsach Phonetic Spelling:<br> (raw-tsakh') Short Definition: <b>manslayer</b>. <b>...</b> put to death, kill, <b>manslayer</b>, murderer. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7523.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_acts_and_romans/homily_xvi_rom_ix_1.htm"><span class="l">Rom. Ix. 1</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For if we do not look narrowly into the causes, we shall call Elijah a <b>manslayer</b>,<br> and Abraham not a <b>manslayer</b> only, but a murderer of his son. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xvi rom ix 1.htm</font><p><a href="/library/macduff/the_cities_of_refuge_or_the_name_of_jesus/iii_the_gospel_refuge.htm"><span class="l">The Gospel Refuge.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> If you read the Bible account, you will find that the <b>manslayer</b> had his liberty<br> restored to him upon the death of the High Priest.[57] When the tidings of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../macduff/the cities of refuge or the name of jesus/iii the gospel refuge.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_15_1869/the_believer_a_new_creature.htm"><span class="l">The Believer a New Creature</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The city of refuge no sooner received the <b>manslayer</b> than he was perfectly<br> free from the avenger who pursued him. Once within the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 15 1869/the believer a new creature.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/two_fortresses.htm"><span class="l">Two Fortresses</span></a> <br><b>...</b> and catch up their children in their arms, and set their wives upon their mules,<br> and make all haste to some fortified place; or as when the <b>manslayer</b> in Israel <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/two fortresses.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/homilies_on_the_gospel_of_john/tractate_xlii_john_chapter_viii.htm"><span class="l">John Chapter viii. 37-47</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Abraham was no <b>manslayer</b>. <b>...</b> From the very time that murder [manslaughter] could<br> possibly be committed, he was a murderer [<b>manslayer</b>]. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xlii john chapter viii.htm</font><p><a href="/library/macduff/the_cities_of_refuge_or_the_name_of_jesus/i_when_travelling_lately_through.htm"><span class="l">When travelling lately through the Simplon</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Retreats," I could not help being reminded of the wonderful Cities of Refuge which<br> God graciously provided of old in Palestine for the unfortunate <b>manslayer</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the cities of refuge or the name of jesus/i when travelling lately through.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_29_1883/in_him_like_him.htm"><span class="l">In Him: Like Him</span></a> <br><b>...</b> that makes us Christians: by union with him as our life we truly live,"live in the<br> favour of God."We are in Christ, dear brethren, as the <b>manslayer</b> was in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 29 1883/in him like him.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/on_lying/section_22_what_then_if.htm"><span class="l">What Then, if a Homicide Seek Refuge with a Christian...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> knowest and hast seen? Art thou then prepared to bear false witness, and to<br> slay thy soul that a <b>manslayer</b> may not be slain? Or, up to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on lying/section 22 what then if.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/the_shows_or_de_spectaculis/chapter_xxi_the_heathen_who.htm"><span class="l">The Heathen, who have not a Full Revelation of the Truth...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> suffer for their crime, drives the unwilling gladiator to the murderous deed with<br> rods and scourges; and one who demands the lion for every <b>manslayer</b> of deeper <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/the shows or de spectaculis/chapter xxi the heathen who.htm</font><p><a href="/library/whitefield/selected_sermons_of_george_whitefield/the_power_of_christs_resurrection.htm"><span class="l">The Power of Christ's Resurrection</span></a> <br><b>...</b> them but dung (no more than offals thrown out to dogs) so that I may win, (or have<br> a saving interest in) Christ, and be found in him( as the <b>manslayer</b> in the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../selected sermons of george whitefield/the power of christs resurrection.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/m/manslayer.htm"><span class="l"><b>Manslayer</b> (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>MANSLAYER</b>. man <b>...</b> See MURDER. Frank E. Hirsch.<br> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Manslayer</b> (20 Occurrences). Numbers <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/manslayer.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/slayer.htm"><span class="l">Slayer (23 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (YLT). Numbers 35:11 then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for<br> you, that the <b>manslayer</b> who kills any person unwittingly may flee there. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/slayer.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/accused.htm"><span class="l">Accused (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Numbers 35:12 The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the<br><b>manslayer</b> not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/accused.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/refuge.htm"><span class="l">Refuge (111 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> instituted. Open highways were to be maintained along, which the <b>manslayer</b><br> might have an unobstructed course to the city gate. 3 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/refuge.htm - 41k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/avenger.htm"><span class="l">Avenger (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> refuge (Exodus 21:13; Numbers 35:13; Deuteronomy 19:1, 9). These were in different<br> parts of the country, and every facility was afforded the <b>manslayer</b> that he <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/avenger.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unintentionally.htm"><span class="l">Unintentionally (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Numbers 35:11 then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you,<br> that the <b>manslayer</b> who kills any person unwittingly may flee there. (See NAS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unintentionally.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kills.htm"><span class="l">Kills (38 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Numbers 35:11 then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you,<br> that the <b>manslayer</b> who kills any person unwittingly may flee there. (WEB RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kills.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/murder.htm"><span class="l">Murder (41 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ho 6:9); phoneus, "criminal homicide," from phoneuo, "to kill," "slay"; phonos,<br> from pheno, has the same meaning; anthropoktonos, "<b>manslayer</b>," "murderer," is <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/murder.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/aforethought.htm"><span class="l">Aforethought (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Deuteronomy 4:42 that the <b>manslayer</b> might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares,<br> and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/aforethought.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/malice.htm"><span class="l">Malice (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Deuteronomy 4:42 that the <b>manslayer</b> might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares,<br> and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/malice.htm - 15k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/you-shall-not-murder.html">Why is "You shall not murder" in the Ten Commandments? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/manslayer.htm">Manslayer: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Manslayer (20 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/35-6.htm">Numbers 35:6</a></span><br />"The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span> to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/35-11.htm">Numbers 35:11</a></span><br />then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span> who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/35-12.htm">Numbers 35:12</a></span><br />The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span> not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/35-24.htm">Numbers 35:24</a></span><br />Then let the meeting of the people be judge between the man responsible for the death and him who has the right of punishment for blood, acting by these rules:<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/35-25.htm">Numbers 35:25</a></span><br />and the congregation shall deliver the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span> out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/35-26.htm">Numbers 35:26</a></span><br />"'But if the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span> shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/35-27.htm">Numbers 35:27</a></span><br />and the avenger of blood find him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span>; he shall not be guilty of blood,<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/35-28.htm">Numbers 35:28</a></span><br />because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span> shall return into the land of his possession. <br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-42.htm">Deuteronomy 4:42</a></span><br />that the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span> might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-3.htm">Deuteronomy 19:3</a></span><br />You shall prepare you the way, and divide the borders of your land, which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, into three parts, that every <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span> may flee there.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-4.htm">Deuteronomy 19:4</a></span><br />This is the case of the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span>, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past;<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-6.htm">Deuteronomy 19:6</a></span><br />lest the avenger of blood pursue the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span>, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn't hate him in time past.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/20-3.htm">Joshua 20:3</a></span><br />that the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span> who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. <br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/20-5.htm">Joshua 20:5</a></span><br />If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span> into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and didn't hate him before.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/20-6.htm">Joshua 20:6</a></span><br />He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days. Then the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span> shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city he fled from.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/21-13.htm">Joshua 21:13</a></span><br />To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span>, Libnah with its suburbs,<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/21-21.htm">Joshua 21:21</a></span><br />They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span>, and Gezer with its suburbs,<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/21-27.htm">Joshua 21:27</a></span><br />They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span>, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/21-32.htm">Joshua 21:32</a></span><br />Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span>, Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/21-38.htm">Joshua 21:38</a></span><br />Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the <span class="boldtext">manslayer</span>, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/m/manslayer.htm">Manslayer</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p 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