English: The exile does not leave [the city] for testimony of a mitzvah, nor for monetary testimony, nor for capital testimony — even if Israel needs him, even if he is the general of Israel’s army like Yoav ben Tzeruyah — as it says “to which he fled”: there shall be his dwelling, there his death, there his burial.
Type of Learning
Absolute confinement of the exile to the city of refuge.
What Is Learned
Once assigned to a city of refuge the unintentional killer may never leave it, for any reason, until the High Priest dies.