10. You will need them, so innocent people won't be killed on your land while they are trying to reach a Safe Town that is too far away. You will be guilty of murder, if innocent people lose their lives because you didn't name enough Safe Towns in the land the Lord your God will give you.
11. But what if you really do commit murder? Suppose one of you hates a neighbour. So you wait in a deserted place, kill the neighbour, and run to a Safe Town.
12. If that happens, the leaders of your town must send messengers to bring you back from the Safe Town. They will hand you over to one of the victim's relatives, who will put you to death.
13. Israel, for the good of the whole country, you must kill anyone who murders an innocent person. Never show mercy to a murderer!
14. In the land the Lord is giving you, there are already stones set up to mark the boundaries between fields. So don't move those stones.
15. Before you are convicted of a crime, at least two witnesses must be able to testify that you did it.
16. If you accuse someone of a crime, but seem to be lying,