Joshua 20:2-7
20:2 “Have the Israelites select
the cities of refuge
that I told you about through Moses.
20:3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there;
these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.
20:4 The one who committed manslaughter
should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city.
They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.
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.
20:6 He must remain
in that city until his case is decided by the assembly
and the high priest dies.
Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped.”
20:7 So they selected Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.