5 'Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver the manslayer into his hand , because he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand e .

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joshua 20:5

Commentary on Joshua 20:1-6

(Read Joshua 20:1-6)

When the Israelites were settled in their promised inheritance, they were reminded to set apart the cities of refuge, whose use and typical meaning have been explained, Hebrews 6:18.