1. Then the Lord said to Joshua:
2. “Through Moses, I told you to choose some cities to be cities of safety.
3. Anyone who kills someone accidentally can go to a city of safety to hide from the relatives who want to kill him.
4. “If you accidentally kill someone and you run away to one of those cities, you must stop at the entrance of the city and tell the leaders of the people what happened. Then the leaders can allow you to enter the city. They will give you a place to live among them.