Deuteronomy 19:12 meaning and explanation

the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.

Deuteronomy 19:12, Berean Standard Bible

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Moses is instructing Israel on how to keep the land just once they settle it. The cities of refuge protect someone who killed a neighbor by accident, like an axe head flying off its handle.

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