And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil — if the congregation judges the killing to be unintentional manslaughter, the slayer is protected from the avenger and restored to the refuge-city. The slayer must remain in the refuge-city until the high priest dies. The death of the high priest marks a transition-point: it serves as a natural statute of limitations and also symbolically represents purification through change of sacral administration.

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