1. And יהוה spoke to Yehoshua, saying,
2. “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘Appoint for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Mosheh,
3. for the slayer who kills any being accidentally, unintentionally, to flee there. And they shall be your refuge from the revenger of blood.
4. ‘And he shall flee to one of those cities, and stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his case in the hearing of the elders of that city. And they shall take him into the city as one of them, and give him a place, and he shall dwell among them.