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What does Numbers 35:21 mean?

or if they hit someone with their fist out of hostility and the person dies, that’s murder. The avenger must put the killer to death when they catch them. Numbers 35:21 - Modern Text Bible

(Any act of violence done with hatred that leads to death is murder, and the family avenger is to carry out the sentence.)