^12 (A)They shall be cities of refuge for you from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation in judgment.

²⁴ then ^(A)the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments.

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.