Numbers 35:22-24

New International Reader's Version

²² “ ‘But what if a person suddenly pushes someone else without being angry? Or what if that person throws something at someone else without meaning to? ²³ Or what if that person does not see the other person and drops a stone on them that kills them? He was not the dead person’s enemy. He did not mean to harm them. ²⁴ Then the court must decide between the person who did the act and the nearest male relative of the one who was killed. Here are the rules the court must follow.