Numbers 35:25-27

Revised Geneva Translation

²⁵ ‘And the Congregation shall deliver the killer out of the hand of the avenger of blood. And the Congregation shall return him to the city of his refuge from which he fled. And he shall stay there until the death of the High Priest, who is anointed with the holy oil.

²⁶ ‘But, if the killer comes outside the borders of the city of his refuge, to which he fled.

²⁷ ‘And the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the city of his refuge. And the avenger of blood kills the murderer, he shall be guiltless,