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:
Ver. 42. That thou mayest prolong thy days.] Hence some Lutherans a have gathered that God hath not determined the set period of man's days, but that it is in men's power to lengthen or shorten them. But this is against Job 7:1; Job 14:14 Ecc 2:3 Isaiah 38:5; Isaiah 38:15. Stat sua cuique dies. Our hairs are numbered, much more our days.
That the slayer.] See Trapp on " Num 35:6 " See Trapp on " Num 35:7 " &c.
a Heming et alii.