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'''Ir Miklat''' is a city to which, according to the Torah, a person who killed another person accidentally must flee. The stay in the city serves two purposes: protecting the killer from revenge by the blood redeemer (goel hadam), and punishment for killing a person due to carelessness. For the second reason, fleeing to a city of refuge is an obligation, even when there is no threat to the killer. According to the poskim and those who count the mitzvos, establishing cities of refuge in Eretz Yisroel is a positive commandment. In the Geulah, three additional cities will be added.
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