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Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Ye are to cross over Jordan into the land of Chanaan.
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And ye shall appoint to yourselves cities: they shall be to you cities of refuge for the slayer to flee to, every one who has killed another unintentionally.
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And the cities shall be to you places of refuge from the avenger of blood, and the slayer shall not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
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And the cities which ye shall assign, the six cities, shall be places of refuge for you.
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Ye shall assign three cities on the other side of Jordan, and ye shall assign three cities in the land of Chanaan.
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It shall be a place of refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for him that sojourns among you; these cities shall be for a place of refuge, for every one to flee thither who has killed a man unintentionally.
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And if he should smite him with an iron instrument, and the man should die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.
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And if he should smite him with a stone from his hand, whereby a man may die, and he die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.
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And if he should smite him with an instrument of wood from his hand, whereby he may die, and he die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.
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The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: whensoever he shall meet him he shall slay him.
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And if he should thrust him through enmity, or cast any thing upon him from an ambuscade, and the man should die,