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But if he struck him down with an instrument of iron ,
so that he died ,
he is a murderer ;
the murderer shall be put to death .
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And if he struck him down with a stone in the hand ,
by which a man may die ,
and he died ,
he is a murderer ;
the murderer shall be put to death .
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Or if he struck him down with a weapon of wood in the hand ,
by which a man may die ,
and he died ,
he is a murderer ;
the murderer shall be put to death .
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The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death ;
when he meets him ,
he shall put him to death .
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And if he stabbed him from hatred ,
or hurled at him ,
lying in wait ,
so that he died ,
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or in enmity struck him down with his hand ,
so that he died ,
then he who struck the blow shall 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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But if he stabbed him suddenly without enmity ,
or hurled anything on him without lying in wait ,
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or used a stone ,
by which a man may die ,
and without seeing him cast it upon him ,
so that he died ,
though he was not his enemy ,
and did not seek his harm ;
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then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood ,
in accordance with these ordinances ;
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and the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood ,
and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge ,
to which he had fled ,
and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil .
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But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the bounds of his city of refuge to which he fled ,
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and the avenger of blood finds him outside the bounds of his city of refuge ,
and the avenger of blood slays the manslayer ,
he shall not be guilty of blood .
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For the man must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest ;
but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession .
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And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings .
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If any one kills a person ,
the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses ;
but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness .
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Moreover you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer ,
who is guilty of death ;
but he shall be put to death .
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And you shall accept no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge ,
that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the high priest .
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You shall not thus pollute the land in which you live ;
for blood pollutes the land ,
and no expiation can be made for the land ,
for the blood that is shed in it ,
except by the blood of him who shed it .
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You shall not defile the land in which you live ,
in the midst of which I dwell ;
for I the LORD dwell in the midst of the people of Israel ."