Numbers 35:10-12

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁰ “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When you have come over Jordan, into the land of Canaan,

¹¹ ‘you shall appoint yourselves cities to be cities of refuge for you, so that the killer who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

¹² ‘And these cities shall be for you a refuge from your avenger, so that he who kills does not die until he stand before the Congregation in judgment.