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The Book of Numbers, Chapter 35, Verse 12

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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.
King James Version
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
American Standard Version
And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment.
New English Translation
And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community.
World English Bible
The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
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And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
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Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, [which] shall be cities of refuge.
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These six cities shall be a refuge, [both] for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
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And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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Or [if] he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
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But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
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Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote [him] shall surely be put to death; [for] he [is] a murderer: the revenger 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 any thing without laying of wait,