05:019:004 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither,
that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom
he hated not in time past;
05:019:005 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
05:019:006 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
05:019:007 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
05:019:008 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
05:019:009 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
05:019:010 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD
thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon
thee.
05:019:011 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him,
and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die,
and fleeth into one of these cities:
05:019:012 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence,
and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he
may die.
05:019:013 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the
guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with
thee.