from the avenger: Numbers 35:19, Numbers 35:25-27; Deuteronomy 19:6; Joshua 20:3-6, Joshua 20:9; 2 Samuel 14:7
until he stand: Numbers 35:24; Deuteronomy 19:11-12; Joshua 20:4-6
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Numbers 35:12
Numbers 35:12
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