^{10 Ref} Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

^{11 Ref} then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

^{12 Ref} The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

¹³ The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

^{14 Ref} You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

^{15 Ref} For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the foreigner living among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.