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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,
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or if he have smitten him with his hand through anger, and the man should die, let the man that smote him be put to death by all means, he is a murderer: let the murderer by all means be put to death: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meets him.
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But if he should thrust him suddenly, not through enmity, or cast any thing upon him, not from an ambuscade,
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or with any stone, whereby a man may die, unawares, and it should fall upon him, and he should die, but he was not his enemy, nor sought to hurt him;