Deuteronomy 19:4-13

4And this is the case of the slayer who shall fleeH5127 thither that he may live: he that smiteth his neighbour unwittingly, whom he hatedH8130 not previously;

5as whenH834 he goeth into the woodH6086 with his neighbour to hew woodH6086, and his handH3027 fetcheth a stroke with the axeH1631 to cutH3772 down the treeH6086, and the ironH1270 slippeth from the handle, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he dieH4191; such an oneH259 shall fleeH5127 unto oneH259 of these citiesH5892, and live;

6lestH6435 the avengerH1350 of bloodH1818 pursueH7291 the manslayer, while his heartH3824 is hot, and overtakeH5381 him, because the wayH1870 is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of deathH4194, since he hatedH8130 him not previously.

7ThereforeH3651 I commandH6680 thee, sayingH559, Thou shalt separateH914 threeH7969 citiesH5892 for thyself.

8And if Jehovah thy 1GodH430 enlargeH7337 thy borderH1366, as he hath swornH7650 unto thy fathersH1, and giveH5414 thee all the landH776 which he promised to giveH5414 unto thy fathersH1

9(if thou keepH8104 all this commandmentH4687 to do it, which I commandH6680 thee this dayH3117, to loveH157 Jehovah thy 2GodH430, and to walk in his waysH1870 continually), then shalt thou addH3254 threeH7969 citiesH5892 more for thyself to these threeH7969,

10that innocentH5355 bloodH1818 beH1961 not shedH8210 in the midstH7130 of thy landH776 which Jehovah thy 3GodH430 giveth thee for an inheritanceH5159, and bloodH1818 come not upon thee.

11But if a manH376 hateH8130 his neighbour, and lieH693 in waitH693 for him, and riseH6965 up against him, and smite him mortally that he dieH4191, and he fleeH5127 into oneH259 of these citiesH5892,

12then the eldersH2205 of his cityH5892 shall sendH7971 and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the handH3027 of the avengerH1350 of bloodH1818, that he may dieH4191.

13Thine eyeH5869 shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocentH5355 bloodH1818 from IsraelH3478, that it may be well with thee.