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The city of refuge was established for those who killed people accidentally to escape from the avengers of blood. According to the Old Testament law, murderers had to pay for their sins with their own lives, and the family members or relatives of murder victims could kill the murderers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+24%3A20-21&version=NIV |title=Leviticus 24:20–21 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In the case of a person accused of murder, he was kept safe in the city of refuge and stood trial before the assembly to be decided whether he was intentional or unintentional.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+20%3A6-9&version=NIV |title=Joshua 20:6–9 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | The city of refuge was established for those who killed people accidentally to escape from the avengers of blood. According to the Old Testament law, murderers had to pay for their sins with their own lives, and the family members or relatives of murder victims could kill the murderers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+24%3A20-21&version=NIV |title=Leviticus 24:20–21 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In the case of a person accused of murder, he was kept safe in the city of refuge and stood trial before the assembly to be decided whether he was intentional or unintentional.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+20%3A6-9&version=NIV |title=Joshua 20:6–9 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | ||
{{quote5 |내용=Then the LORD said to Moses: . . . “ ‘. . . select some towns to be your '''cities of refuge''', to which '''a person who has killed someone accidentally''' may flee. They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that a person accused of murder may not die before he stands trial before the assembly.’ ” |출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers | {{quote5 |내용=Then the LORD said to Moses: . . . “ ‘. . . select some towns to be your '''cities of refuge''', to which '''a person who has killed someone accidentally''' may flee. They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that a person accused of murder may not die before he stands trial before the assembly.’ ” |출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2035:9-12&version=NIV Numbers 35:9–12]}} | ||
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