וְהָי֨וּ לָכֶ֧ם הֶעָרִ֛ים לְמִקְלָ֖ט מִגֹּאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֤א יָמוּת֙ הָרֹצֵ֔חַ עַד־עָמְד֛וֹ לִפְנֵ֥י הָעֵדָ֖ה לַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃
Kota-kota itu akan menjadi tempat perlindungan bagimu dari penuntut balas darah, supaya orang yang membunuh itu tidak mati sebelum ia dihadapkan kepada jemaah untuk diadili.
Jerusalem Talmud Horayot
MISHNAH: If the Court ruled but one of them knew that it was in error and he told them, you are erring117Then the ruling of the Court is not unanimous; no sacrifice is due; Note 36., or that the distinguished member of the Court was not there118The ruling is not ex cathedra, Note 71., or that one of them was a proselyte, or a bastard, or a Gibeonite119While they can be civil judges, they are not eligible for the High Court as explained in the Halakhah., or a childless old man120He should not be member of a criminal court since he never raised children and as a consequence never learned to have a positive attitude towards misbehaving people., it is not liable since it is said here “congregation” and it is said there “congregation”121“Here” is Lev. 4:13; “there” is Num.35:12,24,25 containing the rules of criminal courts.. Since in the congregation mentioned there, all of them were worthy of ordination, also the congregation here all have to be worthy of ordination.
Makkot
Some say that they contrasted the two verses together. It's written: "For the children of Israel, and for the foreign resident in your midst there shall be six cities" (Numbers 35:15). And it is written: "There shall be for you all cities of refuge" (Numbers 35:12)—for you—not for the resident foreigners! Rav Kahanah said: This is not a difficulty. Here [in the second verse] is where a resident foreigner killed an Israelite, and here [in the second verse] is where a resident foreigner killed a resident foreigner.
Makkot
He says like the following Tanna, that we learned in a baraisa, Rebbi Eliezer says, (Numbers 35, 12) "Untill he stands before a court for judgement" what is the Torah teaching us? Since it says (Numbers 35,27) "And the Goel Hadam will find the murderer" I might think that it means [he can kill him immediately] [therefore] the Torah teaches us "until he stand before a court for judgement"