Numbers 35:16-34

16‘1But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17If he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he will die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer 2shall surely be put to death. 18Or if he struck him with a wooden object in the hand, by which he might die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him. 203If he pushed him of hatred, or threw something at him 4lying in wait and as a result he died, 21or if he struck him down with his hand in enmity, and as a result he died, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death, he is a murderer; the blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

22‘5But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or threw something at him without lying in wait, 23or with any 6deadly object of stone, and without seeing it dropped on him so that he died, while he was not his enemy nor seeking his injury, 24then 7the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the blood avenger according to these ordinances. 25The congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the blood avenger, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he fled; and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil. 26But if the manslayer at any time goes beyond the border of his city of refuge to which he may flee, 27and the blood avenger finds him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the blood avenger kills the manslayer, he will not be guilty of blood 28because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return to the land of his possession.

29‘These things shall be for a 8statutory ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

30‘9If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death at the 10evidence of witnesses, but 11no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. 31Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death. 32You shall not take ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to live in the land 12before the death of the priest. 3313So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except 14by the blood of him who shed it. 34You shall not 15defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which 16I dwell; for I the Lord am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.’”