Numbers 35:32-34

Expanded Bible

³² “‘If someone has run to a city of ·safety [refuge], don’t take money to let the person go back home before the high priest dies.

³³ “‘Don’t let murder ·spoil [pollute; defile] your land. The only way to ·remove the sin [atone for] of killing an innocent person is for the murderer to be put to death. ³⁴ I am the Lord, and I live among the Israelites. I live in that land with you, so do not ·spoil [pollute; defile] it with murder.’”