Joshua 20:3; Joshua 20:5; Joshua 20:9

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Joshua 20:3

3 so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.
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Joshua 20:5

5 If the avenger of blood comes in pursuit, the elders must not surrender the fugitive, because the fugitive killed their neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought.
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Joshua 20:9

9 Any of the Israelites or any foreigner residing among them who killed someone accidentally could flee to these designated cities and not be killed by the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
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