Cities of Refuge

“Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.”

“designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.”

“You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.”

“The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.”

“Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.”

“These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.”

“The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.”

“But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled”