American Standard Version

Numbers 35:14-20 American Standard Version (ASV)

14. Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

15. For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

16. But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

17. And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

18. Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

19. The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.

20. And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,