15 These six cities shall be a refuge for the sons of Israel, for the stranger, and for the foreign resident among them; so that anyone who [a]kills a person (A)unintentionally may flee there.

16 (B)But if he struck him with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death. 17 And if he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he did die, he is a murderer; the murderer (C)must be put to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 35:15 Lit strikes

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