These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
Þese citees weren ordeyned to alle þe sones of Israel, and to comelyngis þat dwellen among hem, þat he þat killide vnwityngli a man, schulde fle to tho citees; and he schulde not die in þe hond of neiybore, coueitynge to venge þe blood sched out, til he stood bifor þe puple, to declare his cause.