GJ 1:2 (Fall 60) p. 9 after the death of the high priest he might return “into the land of his possession,” that is, his hereditary possession (Num 35:28) without the redeemer of blood being allowed to pursue him any longer. The problem, then, is: Why were the homicides who were detained in the cities of refuge released upon the death of the high priest? This view is held by those who would explain the release of the manslayers at the time