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Three cities shall ye give on this side of the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
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For the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them shall these six cities be a refuge, that one who smiteth a person mortally without intent may flee thither.
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And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
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And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
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Or if he have smitten him with an instrument of wood, in the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death;
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the avenger of blood, he shall put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.
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And if he thrust at him out of hatred, or hurl at him intentionally, so that he die,
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or from enmity smite him with his hand, so that he die, he that smote him shall certainly be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him. --
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But if he have thrust at him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything unintentionally,
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or [have smitten him] with any stone wherewith one may die, without seeing him, and have cast it upon him so that he die, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
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then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments;