Joshua 20:3

20:3 Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; 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.

tn Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.”

tn Heb “for without knowledge he killed his neighbor, and he was not hating him prior to that.”