A slave who has unintentionally killed someone and been exiled to a city of refuge, how will he provide food for himself? How are his earnings to pay for himself or for his master? Plus, what happens if it’s a man’s wife who is exiled to the city of refuge? Who and how is she provided for? Can she even go out to work? Shouldn’t she be staying at home? (No) Also, what stipulations can be made between a master and his slave? Plus, issues of compensation – medical expenses? Lost earnings? What finds go to a slave, and what to the master?
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