Numbers 35:22-24

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²² But if someone pushes another suddenly without enmity, or hurls any object without lying in wait, ²³ or, while handling any stone that could cause death, unintentionally^[a] drops it on another and death ensues, though they were not enemies, and no harm was intended, ²⁴ then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these ordinances;