Deuteronomy 19:2-4

New International Reader's Version

² When you do, set apart for yourselves three cities in the land. It’s the land the Lord your God is giving you to take as your own. ³ Figure out the distances and then separate the land into three parts. Then anyone who kills another person can run to one of these cities for safety. They are in the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own.

⁴ Here is the rule about a person who kills someone. That person can run to one of those cities for safety. The rule applies to anyone who kills a neighbor they didn’t hate and didn’t mean to kill.