42 Afin que le meurtrier, qui aurait tué son prochain par mégarde et sans l'avoir haï auparavant, pût s'y réfugier, et sauver sa vie, en fuyant dans l'une de ces villes,
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to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally killed a neighbor without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life.
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