18. A person might pick up a piece of wood that could kill someone. If he kills someone with it, he is a murderer. He must be put to death.
19. A relative of the dead person must put the murderer to death. When he finds the murderer, he must kill him.
20. A person might shove someone and kill him. Or he might throw something at someone and kill him.
21. Or he might hit someone with his hand and kill him. If he did that from hate, he is a murderer. He must be put to death. A relative of the dead person must kill the murderer when he finds him.
22. “‘But a person might suddenly shove someone. He did not hate the person. Or he might accidentally throw something and hit someone.
23. Or he might drop a rock that could kill someone. It might fall on someone he did not see. And it might kill that person. He didn’t plan to hurt anyone. He didn’t hate the person he killed.
24. If that happens, the community must decide what to do. They must decide between the relative of the dead person and the killer. Here are the rules.
25. They must protect the killer from the dead person’s relative. They must send the killer back to the city of safety that he ran to. He must stay there until the high priest dies. The high priest had the holy oil poured on him.