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But if he thrust him out of hatred, or hurl at him by lying in wait so that he die,
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or in enmity smite him with his hand so that he die, he that smote him shall surely be put to death, for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meeteth him.
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"`But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything without lying in wait,
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or with any stone wherewith a man may die, seeing him not and casting it upon him so that he die, and was not his enemy neither sought his harm,
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then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments.
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And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge whither he had fled; and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
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But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge whither he had fled,
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and the avenger of blood find him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the slayer, he shall not be guilty of blood,
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because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest; but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
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"`So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.