2-3. divide the territory into three parts, each with a city that can be easily reached. Then anyone who kills someone will be able to escape to one of them for protection.
19. that person is to receive the punishment the accused would have received. In this way you will get rid of this evil.
20. Then everyone else will hear what happened; they will be afraid, and no one will ever again do such an evil thing.
21. In such cases show no mercy; the punishment is to be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.