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.
28. For the fugitive ought to have resided in the city, until the death of the high priest. Then, after he is dead, the one who has killed shall be returned to his own land.
29. These things shall be a perpetual ordinance in all your habitations.
30. The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person.
31. You shall not accept money from him who is guilty of blood, and he shall be put to death promptly.
32. Exiles and fugitives, prior to the death of the high priest, are by no means able to be returned to their own cities.