32 Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
Numbers 35:32
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Numbers 35:25–27
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Leviticus 27:28–30
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Numbers 35:11–13
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Exodus 21:29–31
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