Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'slayer' occurs 19 times in the standard works.

9 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'slayer' in the standard works and contain 47.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 35:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)


Deut. 19:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

 19:3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

 19:4 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;




Josh. 20:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 19 2 21
Num. 6 2 8
Deut. 4 0 4
Josh. 8 0 8
Ezek. 1 0 1
NT 0 1 1
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 19 3 22

Deut. 4:42
That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

Deut. 19:3
Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

Deut. 19:4
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;

Deut. 19:6
Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.