Numbers 35:10-12

The Voice

¹⁰ Tell the Israelites that once they’ve crossed the Jordan into Canaan and can see the land for themselves, ^11-12 they should pick out which cities they want to make safe havens for persons accused of manslaughter. If someone kills another person by accident, the guilty party should be able to live in one of those cities without fear that he’ll be killed in revenge before he’s had a fair trial in front of his peers.