¹⁴ For we ^(A)will surely die and become like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not ^(B)take away a life; but He ^(C)devises means, so that His banished ones are not ^[a]expelled from Him.

²⁸ because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.

^27 (A)And as it is appointed for men to die once, ^(B)but after this the judgment,

²⁵ So the congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall return him to the city of refuge where he had fled, and ^(A)he shall remain there until the death of the high priest ^(B)who was anointed with the holy oil.

¹⁵ These six cities shall be for refuge for the children of Israel, ^(A)for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them, that anyone who kills a person accidentally may flee there.