Joshua 20:3

so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally and without premeditation may run there and be protected from closely related avengers.

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Summary

That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

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Bible References

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Numbers 35:19
The blood avenger himself is to execute the murderer. When he meets him, the blood avenger is to put him to death.

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