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
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
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.”