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Those who committed murder could flee to the city of refuge to protect their lives, but not all of them were protected. One who was found to have intentionally killed someone was put to death even if he or she entered the city of refuge.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+35%3A16-21&version=NIV |title=Numbers 35:16–21 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> On the contrary, one who was found through trial to have killed someone accidently was able to return to the city of refuge where he or she had fled to and stay there for a set period of time. Their stay lasted until the death of the high priest, who was [[anointed]] with the holy oil. If the high priest died soon, it meant that they were released soon and return to their home. If he died late, it meant that they were able to return to their home that much later. | Those who committed murder could flee to the city of refuge to protect their lives, but not all of them were protected. One who was found to have intentionally killed someone was put to death even if he or she entered the city of refuge.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+35%3A16-21&version=NIV |title=Numbers 35:16–21 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> On the contrary, one who was found through trial to have killed someone accidently was able to return to the city of refuge where he or she had fled to and stay there for a set period of time. Their stay lasted until the death of the high priest, who was [[anointed]] with the holy oil. If the high priest died soon, it meant that they were released soon and return to their home. If he died late, it meant that they were able to return to their home that much later. | ||
{{quote5 |내용=“ ‘But if without hostility someone suddenly shoves another or throws something at him unintentionally or, without seeing him, drops a stone on him that could kill him, and he dies, then since he was not his enemy and he did not intend to harm him, the assembly must judge between him and the avenger of blood according to these regulations. The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send him back to the city of refuge to which he fled. He must stay there '''until the death of the high priest''', who was anointed with the holy oil. But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he has fled and the avenger of blood finds him outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused without being guilty of murder. The accused must stay in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may he return to his own property.’ ” |출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+35%3A22 | {{quote5 |내용=“ ‘But if without hostility someone suddenly shoves another or throws something at him unintentionally or, without seeing him, drops a stone on him that could kill him, and he dies, then since he was not his enemy and he did not intend to harm him, the assembly must judge between him and the avenger of blood according to these regulations. The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send him back to the city of refuge to which he fled. He must stay there '''until the death of the high priest''', who was anointed with the holy oil. But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he has fled and the avenger of blood finds him outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused without being guilty of murder. The accused must stay in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may he return to his own property.’ ” |출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+35%3A22%E2%80%9328&version=NIV Numbers 35:22–28]}} | ||
The only way for those confined in the city of refuge to return to their home was through the death of the high priest. Until the death of the high priest, the murderers could not go back to their own land even if they paid a [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ransom ransom].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+35%3A32&version=NIV |title=Numbers 35:32 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | The only way for those confined in the city of refuge to return to their home was through the death of the high priest. Until the death of the high priest, the murderers could not go back to their own land even if they paid a [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ransom ransom].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+35%3A32&version=NIV |title=Numbers 35:32 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | ||