10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, (A)When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan,

11 Ye shall appoint you cities, to be cities of refuge for you, that the slayer, which slayeth any person unawares, may flee thither.

12 And these cities shall be for you a refuge from thy [a]avenger, that he which killeth, die not, until he stand before the Congregation in judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 35:12 Meaning, from the next of the kindred, who ought to pursue the cause.

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