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Numbers 35:11

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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 Numbers 35:6; Joshua 20:2

unawares: Heb. by error, Numbers 35:22-23; Exodus 21:13; Deuteronomy 4:42, Deuteronomy 19:4-5

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