Numbers 35:11 (KJV)

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Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you that the slayer may flee thither which killeth any person at unawares

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ye shall appoint.As the {goel,} or kinsman, had a right to avenge the death of his relation, by slaying the murderer wherever he found him, the appointment of these cities was a humane institution for the protection of the involuntary homicide; for they were designed only for the protection of such. Nu 35:6 Jos 20:2

unawares. Heb. by error. Nu 35:22 Nu 35:23 Ex 21:13 De 4:42 De 19:4 De 19:5

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