Numbers 35:9-15

Amplified Bible

⁹ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁰ “Tell the Israelites, ‘When you cross the Jordan [River] into the land of Canaan, ¹¹ then you shall select for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge, so that the one who kills any person unintentionally may escape there. ¹² The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who has caused the death of another will not be killed until he has had a [fair] trial before the congregation. ¹³ The cities which you are to provide shall be your six cities of refuge. ¹⁴ You shall provide three cities on this [east] side of the Jordan [River], and three [more] cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be the cities of refuge. ¹⁵ These six cities shall be a refuge for the Israelites and for the stranger and the resident alien among them; so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may escape there.