# avenge the blood of the person who was killed

Here the shed blood of a person represents their death. This can be stated in active form. See how you translated this in [Joshua 20:3](./01.md). AT: "avenge a person's death" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# killed his neighbor unintentionally ... accidentally killed the person

These phrases mean the same thing.

# stood before the assembly

This is a phrase that describes standing to seek justice from a court of the assembly of his fellow citizens.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/avenge]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blood]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/authority]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/highpriest]]