²⁶ But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth,

^{27 Ref} and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,

^{28 Ref} because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.