²⁴ then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments;

²⁵ and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the assembly shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he had fled; and he shall abide in it until the death of the high-priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

²⁶ But if the manslayer shall in any way come outside the limits of the city of his refuge whither he hath fled,