^{11 Ref} and have prepared to yourselves cities -- cities of refuge they are to you -- then fled thither hath a man-slayer, smiting a person unawares,

^{12 Ref} and the cities have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer, and the man-slayer doth not die till his standing before the company for judgment.

¹³ `As to the cities which ye give -- six `are' cities of refuge to you;

^{14 Ref} the three of the cities ye give beyond the Jordan, and the three of the cities ye give in the land of Canaan; cities of refuge they are.

^{15 Ref} To sons of Israel, and to a sojourner, and to a settler in their midst, are these six cities for a refuge, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting a person unawares.

^{16 Ref} `And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

^{17 Ref} `And if with a stone `in' the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

¹⁸ `Or with a wooden instrument `in' the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

^{19 Ref} `The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death.

^{20 Ref} `And if in hatred he thrust him through, or hath cast `anything' at him by lying in wait, and he dieth;

²¹ or in enmity he hath smitten him with his hand, and he dieth; the smiter is certainly put to death; he `is' a murderer; the redeemer of blood doth put the murderer to death in his coming against him.

^{22 Ref} `And if, in an instant, without enmity, he hath thrust him through, or hath cast at him any instrument, without lying in wait;

²³ or with any stone wherewith he dieth, without seeing, and causeth `it' to fall upon him, and he dieth, and he `is' not his enemy, nor seeking his evil;

^{24 Ref} then have the company judged between the smiter and the redeemer of blood, by these judgments.