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The next-of-kin avenger is to put the murderer to death himself - upon meeting him, he is to put him to death.
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Likewise, if he shoves him out of hatred; or intentionally throws something at him, causing his death;
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or out of hostility strikes him with his hand, so that he dies; then the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer; and the next-of-kin avenger is to put the murderer to death upon meeting him.
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"'But suppose he shoves him suddenly, but without hostility; or he throws something at him unintentionally;
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or, without seeing him, being his enemy or seeking to harm him, he throws a stone big enough to cause death; and the person dies.
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Then the community is to judge between the one who struck him and the next-of-kin avenger in accordance with these rules;
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and the community is to save the killer from the next-of-kin avenger. The community is to return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he is to live there until the cohen hagadol, who was anointed with the holy oil, dies.
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But if the killer ever goes beyond the limits of the city of refuge he fled to,
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and the next-of-kin avenger finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger kills the killer, he will not be guilty of the man's blood;
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because he must stay in his city of refuge until the death of the cohen hagadol. But after the death of the cohen hagadol the killer may return to the land he owns.
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These things shall constitute your standard for judgment through all your generations, wherever you live.