9 The Lord spoke to Moses:
10 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you go across the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11 select for yourselves cities to serve as cities of asylum, where a homicide who has killed someone inadvertently may flee.
12 These cities will serve you as places of asylum from the avenger of blood, so that a homicide will not be put to death until tried before the community.
13 As for the cities you assign, you will have six cities of asylum:
14 you will designate three cities beyond the Jordan, and you will designate three cities in the land of Canaan. These will be cities of asylum.
15 These six cities will serve as places of asylum for the Israelites, and for the resident or transient aliens among them, so that anyone who has killed a person inadvertently may flee there.