6. “And the cities which you give to the Lĕwites are the six cities of refuge, which you give to him who killed someone to flee to, and to these you add forty-two cities.
7. “All the cities which you give to the Lĕwites are forty-eight, these with their open land.
8. “And the cities which you give are from the possession of the children of Yisra’ĕl. From the larger tribe you give many, from the smaller you give few, each one gives some of its cities to the Lĕwites, in proportion to the inheritance that each inherits.”
9. And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
10. “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘When you pass over the Yardĕn into the land of Kena‛an,
11. then you shall choose cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the one who accidentally killed someone shall flee there.
12. ‘And they shall be cities of refuge for you from the revenger, and the one who killed someone is not to die until he stands before the congregation in right-ruling.
13. ‘And of the cities which you give, six are to be cities of refuge.
14. ‘Give three cities beyond the Yardĕn, and give three cities in the land of Kena‛an, as cities of refuge.
15. ‘These six cities are for refuge for the children of Yisra’ĕl, and for the sojourner, and for the settler in their midst, for anyone who accidentally kills someone to flee there.
16. ‘But if he has smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer shall certainly be put to death.
17. ‘And if he has smitten him with a stone in the hand, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer. The murderer shall certainly be put to death.
18. ‘Or if he has smitten him with a wooden instrument that could kill, and he does die, he is a murderer. The murderer shall certainly be put to death.
19. ‘The revenger of blood himself puts the murderer to death. When he meets him, he puts him to death.
20. ‘And if he thrusts him through in hatred, or throws an object at him while lying in wait, so that he dies,
21. or in enmity he smites him with his hand so that he dies, the one who smote him shall certainly be put to death, for he is a murderer. The revenger of blood puts the murderer to death when he meets him.
22. ‘But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws an object at him without lying in wait,
23. or uses a stone, by which a man could die, throwing it at him without seeing him, so that he dies, while he was not his enemy or seeking his harm,