Note 3 — Chapter IX · Privilege of Sanctuary.
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Joshua, XX. 4, 5.
“These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the avenger that sojourneth among them, that whomsoever killeth any person unawares, might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.” idem. 9.