He shall fleeto oneof thesecities,and shall standat the entranceof the gateof the cityand statehis casein the hearingof the eldersof that city;and they shall takehim into the cityto them and givehim a place,so that he may dwellamongthem.
"When I wentout to the gateof the city,When I tookmy seatin the square,
"His sonsare farfrom safety,They are even oppressedin the gate,And thereis nodeliverer.
Do not takemy soulaway[along] with sinners,Normy lifewith menof bloodshed,
Her husbandis knownin the gates,When he sitsamongthe eldersof the land.
But Ebed-melechthe Ethiopian,a eunuch,while he was in the king'spalace,heardthat they had putJeremiahinto the cistern.Now the kingwas sittingin the Gateof Benjamin;
sothat by twounchangeablethingsin whichit is impossiblefor Godto lie,we who have taken refugewould havestrongencouragementto take holdof the hopeset beforeus.
that the manslayerwho killsany personunintentionally,withoutpremeditation,may fleethere,and they shall becomeyour refugefrom the avengerof blood.
