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You shall appoint three cities on this side of the Jordan, and three cities you shall appoint in the land of Canaan, which will be cities of refuge.
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These six cities shall be for refuge for the children of Israel, for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them, that anyone who kills a person accidentally may flee there.
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'But if he strikes him with an iron implement, so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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And if he strikes him with a stone in the hand, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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The avenger of blood himself shall put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
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If he pushes him out of hatred or, while lying in wait, hurls something at him so that he dies,
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or in enmity he strikes him with his hand so that he dies, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
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'However, if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything at him without lying in wait,
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or uses a stone, by which a man could die, throwing it at him without seeing him, so that he dies, while he was not his enemy or seeking his harm,
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then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments.