17. If anyone has a stone in his hand that could be deadly and strikes anyone with it so that he dies, he is a murderer and the murderer must die.
18. Or if someone has a wooden object that could kill and strikes anyone so that he dies, he is a murderer and the murderer must be put to death.
19. The blood avenger himself may put the murderer to death. When he finds him, he is to kill him.
20. “If anyone pushes someone maliciously, or throws anything at him with deadly intent,
21. or with hostility hits him with his fist so that he dies, the one hitting him is a murderer. The blood avenger may put the murderer to death when he finds him.
22. But if he pushes him suddenly or throws an object at him with no intent,
23. or without seeing him should drop a stone on him resulting in his death, but he was not his enemy and intended him no harm,
24. the assembly must judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood according to these regulations.
25. The assembly must protect the manslayer from the avenger of blood. The assembly should send him back to the city of refuge to which he had fled and he is to remain there until the death of the kohen gadol who was anointed with the holy oil.