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24 then the community is to judge between the inadvertent killer and the blood avenger, following these ordinances. 25 The community is to release[a] the inadvertent killer from the blood avenger and return him to the town of refuge where he had fled. He is to live there until the High Priest dies, who will have anointed him with holy oil. 26 But if the inadvertent killer leaves the town of refuge where he had fled

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  1. Numbers 35:25 Lit. deliver

24 the assembly(A) must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations. 25 The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send the accused back to the city of refuge to which they fled. The accused must stay there until the death of the high priest,(B) who was anointed(C) with the holy oil.(D)

26 “‘But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which they fled

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