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The Book of Numbers, Chapter 35, Verse 20

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The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
King James Version
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
American Standard Version
And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,
New English Translation
“But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies,
World English Bible
If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,
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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,
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Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing [him] not, and cast [it] upon him, that he die, and [was] not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
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Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
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And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
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But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
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And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
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Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
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So these [things] shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person [to cause him] to die.