Joshua 20:2-3

20:2 “Have the Israelites select ¹  the cities of refuge ²  that I told you about through Moses. 20:3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; ³  these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.

Joshua 21:13

21:13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah,

Joshua 21:21

21:21 They assigned them Shechem (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

Joshua 21:38

21:38 from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,

¹ tn Heb “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘Set aside for yourselves.’”

² tn Or “asylum.”

³ tn Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.”