“You shall not murder.

You must not murder.

“But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless.

If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon so that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

or with enmity he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death, for he is a murderer. The avenger of blood must kill the murderer when he meets him.

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,

“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.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”

The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.

But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,

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.

Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.

How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.

How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers.

There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.

The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!

Anyone who accidentally killed someone without hating him at the time of the accident could flee to one of those cities and be safe.

you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.