Num. 35:10

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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.

Num 35:6; Josh 20:2

unawares. Heb. by error.

Num 35:22; Num 35:23; Exod 21:13; Deut 4:42; Deut 19:4; Deut 19:5