| Joshua 20:4
| And when he shall flee to one of these cities: he shall stand before the gate of the city, and shall speak to the ancients of that city, such things, as prove him innocent: and so they shall receive him, and give him a place to dwell in.
| Gate, where justice was administered. (Menochius) --- Here the ancients heard what the manslayer had to say in his own defence; and if they thought his account plausible, they gave him a retreat till he might be safely brought to answer the charges of the avenger, who might endeavour to prove that the murder was wilful.
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