10. "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11. then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, that the manslayer who has killed any person unintentionally may flee there.
12. The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for trial.
13. The cities which you are to give shall be your six cities of refuge.
14. You shall give three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge.
15. These six cities shall be for refuge for the sons of Israel, and for the alien and for the sojourner among them; that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
16. 'But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
17. If he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he will die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18. Or if he struck him with a wooden object in the hand, by which he might die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
19. The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him.
20. If he pushed him of hatred, or threw something at him lying in wait and as a result he died,
21. or if he struck him down with his hand in enmity, and as a result he died, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death, he is a murderer; the blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.