Joshua 20:3

20:3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; ¹  these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.

Joshua 20:5-6

20:5 When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation. ²  20:6 He must remain ³  in that city until his case is decided by the assembly ⁴  and the high priest dies. ⁵  Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped.” ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.”

² tn Heb “for without knowledge he killed his neighbor, and he was not hating him prior to that.”

³ tn Or “live.”

⁴ tn Heb “until he stands before the assembly for judgment.”

⁵ tn Heb “until the death of the high priest who is in those days.”

⁶ tn Heb “may return and enter his city and his house, the city from which he escaped.”