Commentary for Zevachim 233:5

אין והא תניא (שמות כא, יג) ושמתי לך מקום בחייך מקום מקומך (שמות כא, יג) אשר ינוס שמה מלמד שמגלין במדבר להיכן גולין למחנה לויה

To the Levitical camp. From this they deduced that if a Levite committed homicide, he was banished from one district to another;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' All the forty-eight Levitical cities were cities of refuge. Hence, a Levite who committed involuntary homicide fled from his own city to another Levitical city.');">¹⁰</span> and if he fled to his own [juridical] district,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Having committed homicide elsewhere. Rashi however reads (and Sh. M. emends) : and if he fled within his own district; and explains: if he fled from one quarter to another in his own city.');">¹¹</span>

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