Numbers 35:10-12

Darby Translation

¹⁰ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

¹¹ then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.

¹² And ye shall have these cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment.