¹⁵ These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the alien or temporary resident among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

⁹ These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and the aliens residing among them,^(A) so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the assembly.

²² You will allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens residing among you,^(A) who have fathered children among you. You will treat them^[a] like native-born Israelites; along with you, they will be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

²³ In whatever tribe the alien resides, you will assign his inheritance there.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.