2 Samuel 14:11 References
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Then she said, "Please let the king remember the Lord your God, aso that the avenger of blood will not continue to destroy, otherwise they will destroy my son." And he said, "bAs the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground."
a Numbers 35:19, Numbers 35:21, Deuteronomy 19:4-10
Numbers 35
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'The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him.
Numbers 35
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or if he struck him down with his hand in enmity, and as a result he died, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death, he is a murderer; the blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
Deuteronomy 19
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"aNow this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: when he kills his friend unintentionally, not hating him previously--
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as when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his friend so that he dies--he may flee to one of these cities and live;
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otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in the heat of his anger, and overtake him, because the way is long, and take his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.
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"Therefore, I command you, saying, 'You shall set aside three cities for yourself.'
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"If the Lord your God aenlarges your territory, just as He has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He promised to give your fathers--