Week 60, Day 5: Manslaughter
Today’s Reading: Deut 19:1-21
Some thoughts from today’s reading…
Moses reminds Israel that they are to set up cities for the person guilty of manslaughter to flee to for safety. He also gives an example of an event where a man kills his friend accidently and is not deserving death (vs. 6). Thus the cities of refuge gave him a way to flee the avenger of blood and still live. Reading such passages makes me think that you cannot help but see places where our legislative laws are based on Bible principles. Where did the concept of manslaughter come from? These passages give us some concept of a condition where a man might kill another and yet not be deserving of death.
Question: Did the man guilty of manslaughter go without punishment?
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