15. as much for the sons of Israel as for newcomers and sojourners, so that anyone who has shed blood unwillingly may flee to these places.
16. If anyone will have struck someone with iron, and he who was struck will have died, then he shall be guilty of homicide, and he himself shall die.
17. If he will have thrown a stone, and he who has been struck lies dead, then he shall be punished similarly.
18. If he who has been struck with wood passes away, he shall be avenged by the blood of the one who struck him.
19. The close relative of the deceased shall put to death the murderer; as soon as he apprehends him, he shall put him to death.
20. If, out of hatred, anyone assaults a man, or throws anything at him with ill intent,
21. or, while being his enemy, strikes him with his hand, and so he has died, the attacker shall be guilty of murder. The kinsman of the deceased, as soon as he finds him, shall cut his throat.
22. But if by chance, and without hatred