After he accidentally killed someone, a fugitive first had to “present his case in the hearing of the elders ” at the gate of the city of refuge to which he had fled. He was to be received hospitably.
Хүний амийг санамсаргүй хохироосон этгээд хоргодох хот руу зугтаж очоод « хотын хаалганы үүдэнд зогсон, тэр хотын настангуудад өөрийн хэргийг ярих » ёстой.