15. These six cities will be places of refuge for Israelites, foreigners, and strangers among you. Anyone who unintentionally kills another person may flee to these cities.
16. “But if any of you uses an iron weapon to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death.
17. If any of you picks up a stone as a weapon and uses it to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death.
18. Or if any of you picks up a piece of wood as a weapon and uses it to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death.
19. The relative who can avenge the death must make sure a murderer is put to death. When he catches up with the murderer, he must kill him.
20. If any of you kills someone you hate by shoving him or by deliberately throwing something at him,