Numbers 35:32-34

New Century Version

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

³³ “‘Don’t let murder spoil your land. The only way to remove the sin 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 it with murder.’”