and that they will hear it. And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves. 1 Thess. ii, 16. Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. THE CHURCH AMONG THE GENTILES. Acts xiii, 48. 49. And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region. Acts xlv, 27, 28. And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. And there they abode long time with the disciples. Acts xv. 3. 4. And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of th church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared: all things that God had done with them. Acts xvii, 4, 12, 33, 34. And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men not a few. So Paul departed from among them. Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite,and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. Acts xxi. 19. And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. Acts xxii, 21. And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. Acts xxvi, 16-18. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, To open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. Rom. i, 5. 13-15. By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name; Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but have some fruit among you also, was let hitherto,) that I might even as among other Gentiles. I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise. So, as much as in me is. I am ready to preach the Gospel to you that are at Rome also. Rom. x, 18. But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. Rom. xv, 16-19. That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 2 Cor. ii, 6. Who also bath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. Gal. ii, 7-9. But contrariwise. when they saw that the gospel of theuncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. Eph. ii, 13--15, 17. But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace. And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. Eph. ii, 1-4,7,8. For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, (If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is by revelation he made known given me to you-ward: How that unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words. Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ.) Whereof 1 was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, who an less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. Col. i, 6, 25-27. Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in yon, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. whom God would make known 2 Tim. 1, 11. Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. Rev. xiv, 6. And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on and kindred, and tongue, and the earth, and to every nation, people. REFLECTIONS. Acts xv,19 20. Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. Rom. xi, 17--21. And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; Boast not against the branches; but if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed effect. For they are not all Israel Gal. ii, 14. 15. But when I saw that they walked not uprightly, according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thon the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles. Eph. ii, 11, 12. Wherefore re of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. For this is the word of promise. At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son. Rom. x, 1-4. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved. For I bear them record, that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their Own righteousness. have not submitted themselves unto the righteous until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. As concerning the gospel, they are touching the election, they are enemies for your sakes: but as beloved for the fathers' sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief; Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. For God hath concluded them all in unbe member, that ye being in time ness of God. For Christ is the lief, that he might have mercy past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world. Titus 1, 13, 14. This witness is rebuke them true: wherefore sharply, that they may be sound in the faith: Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. 1 Peter ii, 10. Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God; which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. FINAL INBRINGING OF THE JEWS AND ITS RESULTS. Rom. ix, 1-6, 8, 9. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises: Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. Not as though the word of God hath taken none end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth, Rom. xi, 1, 9. 11-15, 23-32. I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benamin. And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealously. Now, if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office; If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. For if thou wert cut out of the olive-tree, which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive-tree; how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive-tree? For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits.) that blindness in part is happened to Israel, 833 upon all. that we 2 Cor. ill, 12-16. Seeing then have such hope, we use great plainness of speech; vail over his face, that the chilAnd not as Moses, which put a dren of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which rail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. were Rev. vii, 4--8. And I heard the number of them which sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand, I. slew his brethren, the sons of JeLAWS PROTECTING LIFE. rubbaal, being threescore and ten 1. MURDER. MURDER FORBIDDEN. Num. xxxv, 33, 34. So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. persons, upon one stone: notwith- 1 Sam. xix, 1. And Saul spake a 1 Sam. xxii, 18. 19. And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and Deut. v, 17. Thou shalt not kill. Deut. xxvii.24 25. Cursed be he five persons that did wear that smiteth his neighbour secret-linen ephod. And Nob, ly: and all the people shall say, city of the priests, smote he Amen. Cursed be he that taketh with the edge of the sword, both reward to slay an innocent person: men and women, children and and all the people shall say, Amen. sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. Matth. v, 21. Ye have heard that the 2 Sam. ill, 26, 30 And when did blaspheme God and the 'king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 2 Kings xxv, 25. But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. 2 Chron. xxxii, 21. And when he [Sennacherib] came into the house of his God, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. Esther iii, 13, 14. And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little it was said by them of old time, Joab was come out from David, he children and women, in one day. Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. 1 Peter iv, 15. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as a busy-body in other men's matters. 1 John iii, 12. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's right eous. INSTANCES OF MURDER IN PURPOSE OR FACT. Gen. iv, 8. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. Erod. i, 15, 16, 22. And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives; (of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Pual;) And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. Judges, ix, 5. And he went into his father's house at Ophrah, and brought him again from the well 2 Sam. iv, 7. For when he came 2 Sam. xi, 15, 17. And he [David] wrote in the letter, saying. Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David;and Uriah the Hittite died also. the twelfth month, (which is the even upon the thirteenth day of month Adar,) and to take the spoil of them for a prey. The copy of the writing, for a commandment to be given in every province, was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day. Hosea vi, 8. Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. HUMAN PENALTY Gen. ix, 5, 6. And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. Exod. xxi, 12-15. He that smit 2 Sam. xiii, 28. Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and eth a man, so that he die, shall be when I say unto you, Smite Am- surely put to death. And if a man non; then kill him, fear not: have lie not in wait, but God deliver not I commanded you? be coura-him into his hand; then I will apgeous, and be valiant. point thee a place whither he shall flee. But if a man come pre1 Kings xxi, 13, 14. And there sumptuously upon his neighbour, came intwo men, children of Belial, to slay him with guile; thou shalt and sat before him: and the men take him from mine altar, that he of Belial witnessed against him, may die. And he that smiteth even against Naboth, in the pre- his father or his mother shall be ence of the people, saying. Naboth | surely put to death. 834 Lev. xxiv, 17. And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. Num. xxxv, 16-21, 31. And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. Or if he smite him with an hand-weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meeteth him. Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death. Deut. xix, 11-13. But if a man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities; Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. Thine eye shall not pity him; but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. Prov. xxviii, 17. A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. INFLICTION OF PENALTY. 1 Kings ii, 31-33. And the king said unto him. Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood which Joab shed from me, and from the house of my father. And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD. DIVINE PENALTY. 1 Kings xxi, 18, 19. Arise, go the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. Joel iii, 19. Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. Hab. ii, 12, 17. Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity? For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 1 John iii, 15. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. MALICE THE CAUSE OF Murder. Gen. xxvii, 41, 42. And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand: then will I slay And these my brother Jacob. words of Esau her elder son were And she sent told to Rebekah. and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. Gen. xxxvii, 18-20. And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit; and we will see what will become of his dreams. 2 Kings xxiv, 3, 4. Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; And also for the innocent 1 Sam. xx, 31-33. For as long as blood that he shed (for he filled the son of Jesse liveth upon the Jerusalem with innocent blood,) ground, thou shalt not be estabwhich the LORD would not pardon.lished, nor thy kingdom: whereProv. 1, 18, 19. And they lay ore now send and fetch him unto wait for their own blood; they me; for he shall surely die. And answered Saul his lurk privily for their own lives. Jonathan So are the ways of every one that father, and said unto him. Whereis greedy of gain; which taketh fore shall he be slain? what hath away the life of the owners there- he done? And Saul cast a javelin at him, to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. 1 Kings xviii, 9, 14. And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy shall slay me. lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he of. Ezek. vii, 23, 24. Make a chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. 2 Kings vi, 81 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. Ezek. xxiv, 7, 8. For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it That it might cause with dust: Esther ill, 9. If it please the king, fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon | let it be written that they may be 835 destroyed; and I will pay ten thouBand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries, Job xxiv, 14. The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. Ps. x, 8, 10. He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. Ps. xxxi, 13. For I have heard the slander of many; fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me. they devised to take away my life. Jer. xxii, 17. But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. Jer. xl, 13-16. Moreover, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing; for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. Hosea v, 2. And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. John xii, 10. But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death. MURDERS PREVENTED AND Gen. xxvii, 43-45. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother, to Haran; And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? Exod. 1, 17-21. But the midwives | not drawn in the yoke; And the feared God, and did not as the elders of that city shall bring king of Egypt commanded them, down the heifer unto a rough but saved the men-children alive. valley, which is neither eared nor And the king of Egypt called for sown, and shall strike off the the midwives, and said unto them, heifer's neck there in the valley: Why have ye done this thing, and And the priests the sons of Levi have saved the men-children shall come near; (for them the alive? And the midwives said LORD thy God hath chosen to unto Pharaoh, Because the minister unto him, and to bless Hebrew women are not as the in the name of the LORD;) and by Egyptian women; for they are their word shall every controversy lively, and are delivered ere the and every stroke be tried. And midwives come in unto them. all the elders of that city, that are Therefore God dealt well with next unto the slain man, shall the midwives: and the people wash their hands over the heifer multiplied, and waxed very that is beheaded in the valley: mighty. And it came to pass, And they shall answer and say, because the midwives feared God, Our hands have not shed this that he made them houses. blood, neither have our eyes seen it. Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy deemed, and lay not innocent people Israel, whom thou hast reblood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight David's than, Saul's son, delighted much 1 Sam. xix, 2, 11, 12. But Jonain David; and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hid thyself. Saul also sent messengers unto house, to watch him, and to slay David's wife, told him, saying, If him in the morning: and Michal. thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain. So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 1 Sam. xxii, 20. And one of the sons of Abimelech the son of Abitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. 2 Kings vi, 32, 33. But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but, ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? Look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him? And, while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer. INQUEST. Deut. xxi, 1-9. If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him; Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath of the LORD. 2.-MANSLAUGHTER. Num. xxxv, 10, 11, 22-25. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan, Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait; Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood, according to these judgments: And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. Deut. xix, 4-6. And this is the case of the slayer which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past; As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and over |