²⁷ and the avenger of blood finds them outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused without being guilty of murder.

¹⁰ Do this so that innocent blood^(A) will not be shed in your land, which the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.^(B)

⁶ Otherwise, the avenger of blood^(A) might pursue him in a rage, overtake him if the distance is too great, and kill him even though he is not deserving of death, since he did it to his neighbor without malice aforethought.

² “If a thief is caught breaking in^(A) at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;^(B)