Numbers 35:22-24

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²² “But if he stabbed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait, ²³ or used a stone, by which a man may die, and without seeing him cast it upon him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy, and did not seek his harm; ²⁴ then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these ordinances;