Numbers 35:14-16

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁴ ‘You shall appoint three on this side of Jordan. And you shall appoint three cities in the land of Canaan which shall be cities of refuge.

¹⁵ ‘These six cities shall be a refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for he who dwells among you, so that everyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

¹⁶ ‘If one strikes another with an instrument of iron so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer shall die the death.