The avenger - Hebrew גאל gā'al — a term whose original meaning is uncertain. The very obscurity of its etymology testifies to the a…

And they shall be to you cities for refuge... — Better, And the cities shall be to you for refuge (or, as a place of refug…

And they shall be to you cities of refuge from the avenger ,
&c.] Or near kinsman; for as the right of redemption of…

To show plainly the abhorrence of murder, and to provide more effectively for the punishment of the murderer, the nearest relation of the deceased,…