14. You shall give three cities on this [east] side of the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge.
15. These six cities shall be a refuge for the Israelites and for the stranger and the temporary resident among them; that anyone who kills any person unintentionally and unawares may flee there.
16. But if he struck him down with an instrument of iron so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
17. And if he struck him down by throwing a stone, by which a person may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18. Or if he struck him down with a weapon of wood in his hand, by which one may die, and he died, the offender is a murderer; he shall surely be put to death.
19. The avenger of blood shall himself slay the murderer; when he meets him, he shall slay him.
20. But if he stabbed him through hatred or hurled at him by lying in wait so that he died