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he was fled: & he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

   But if the slayer shall at any time come within the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; 
   And the revenger of blood find him within the borders of the city of his refuge, & the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood. Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest; and after the death of the high priest, the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. ____ Deut. IX 11. 12. Joshua Ch XX. 
   In their hierarchical history are some circumstances extremely attractive of attention. Sacrifices were as universally prevalent in America as in the old world, where they had spread over all countries. It must have sprung there from an origin of positive institution. There is nothing in nature that points it out or conjoins it; & no doubt it last came from the sacrifice made by Noah, a his disembarkation from the ark, on the forebence of the grand cataclysmal, or deluge: (Gen: Ch VIII.v.20. And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; & took of every clean beast, & of every clean  forest, & offered burnt offering & on the altar. When we find it in America, are we to imagine it commenced spontaneously, without an original & extended itself universally over the whole contempt?