26. But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,
27. and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood,
28. because the slayer should have stayed in his town of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to the land of his possessions.
29. So these things must be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.
30. “Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses; but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.
31. Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.
32. And you must not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a town of refuge, to allow him to return home and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
33. “You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
34. Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the Lord live among the Israelites.”