12. And when a fugitive is in these, the kinsman of the deceased shall not be able to kill him, until he stands in the sight of the multitude and his case is judged.
13. Then, among those cities which are separated for relief to fugitives,
14. three shall be across the Jordan, and three in the land of Canaan,
15. as much for the sons of Israel as for newcomers and sojourners, so that anyone who has shed blood unwillingly may flee to these places.
16. If anyone will have struck someone with iron, and he who was struck will have died, then he shall be guilty of homicide, and he himself shall die.
17. If he will have thrown a stone, and he who has been struck lies dead, then he shall be punished similarly.
18. If he who has been struck with wood passes away, he shall be avenged by the blood of the one who struck him.
19. The close relative of the deceased shall put to death the murderer; as soon as he apprehends him, he shall put him to death.
20. If, out of hatred, anyone assaults a man, or throws anything at him with ill intent,
21. or, while being his enemy, strikes him with his hand, and so he has died, the attacker shall be guilty of murder. The kinsman of the deceased, as soon as he finds him, shall cut his throat.
22. But if by chance, and without hatred
23. or animosity, he will have done any of these things,
24. and this has been proven in the hearing of the people, and the questions have been aired, between the one who struck and the close relative,
25. then the innocent one shall be freed from the hand of the revenger, and he shall be returned by this judgment into the city to which he had fled, and he shall stay there until the high priest, who has been anointed with the holy oil, dies.
26. If the one who has killed has been found beyond the limits of the cities which have been assigned to the exiled,
27. and he has been struck by him who is avenging blood, he who killed him shall not be harmed.