Deuteronomy 19:1-3

1“1When the Lord your God cuts off the nations, whose land the Lord your God gives you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and in their houses, 22you shall set aside three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which the Lord your God gives you to 3possess. 3You shall prepare the 4roads for yourself, and divide into three parts the territory of your land which the Lord your God will give you as a possession, 5so that any manslayer may flee there.