Numbers 35:22-28

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²² But if he stabbed him suddenly without enmity or threw anything at or upon him without lying in wait

²³ Or with any stone with which a man may be killed, not seeing him, and threw it at him so that he died, and was not his enemy nor sought to harm him,

²⁴ Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

²⁵ And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood and restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled; and he shall live in it until the high priest dies, who was anointed with the sacred oil.

²⁶ But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the limits of his city of refuge to which he had fled

²⁷ And the avenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge and kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood

²⁸ Because the manslayer should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the high priest’s death the manslayer shall return to the land of his possession.