Joshua 20:5
Ver. 5. And if the avenger of blood pursue after him,.... To the city of refuge, whither he is fled, and demand him:
then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hands; to be slain by him, but shall protect him:
because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime; See Gill on "Nu 35:22", See Gill on "Nu 35:23", and See Gill on "De 19:6".