Numbers

¹⁰Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over Jordan into the land of Canaan, ¹¹then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the manslayer which killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. ¹²And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment. ¹³And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge. ¹⁴Ye shall give three cities beyond Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. ¹⁵For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge: that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. ¹⁶But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a manslayer: the manslayer shall surely be put to death.