²⁰ Now ^(A)if he pushed him in hatred, or he threw something at him ^[a](B)with malicious intent, and as a result he died, ²¹ or if he struck him with his hand with hostility, and as a result he died, the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer. The blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

²² ‘^(C)But if he pushed him suddenly, without hostility, or threw any object at him without ^[b]malicious intent, ²³ or had any ^[c]deadly stone, and without looking he dropped it on him so that he died, while he was not his enemy nor was he seeking ^[d]to harm him, ²⁴ then ^(D)the congregation shall judge between the one who fatally struck the victim and the blood avenger in accordance with these ordinances.

³⁰ ‘^(A)If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the ^[a]testimony of witnesses, but ^(B)no person shall be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. ³¹ Moreover, you shall not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is ^[b]condemned to death, but he must be put to death. ³² And you shall not accept a ransom for one who has fled to his city of refuge, so that he may return to live in the land ^[c]before the death of the priest. ^33 (C)So you shall not defile the land in which you live; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except ^(D)by the blood of the one who shed it. ³⁴ So you shall not ^(E)defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which ^(F)I dwell; for I the Lord am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.’”