Deuteronomy 19:2-4

Jubilee Bible 2000

² thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God gives thee to inherit.

³ Thou shalt prepare thee a way and divide the borders of thy land, which the LORD thy God gives thee to inherit, into three parts, so that every manslayer may flee there.

⁴ And this is the case of the manslayer who is to flee there, that he may live: whoever kills his neighbour by mistake, whom he hated not in time past;