11ye shall chose out cities to be fre cities, yt who so comytteth slaughter vnawarres, maye flye thither.
12And soch fre cities shalbe amonge you because of the auenger of bloude, that he which hath commytted slaughter, dye not, tyll he stonde in iudgment before the congregacion.
13And of these cities which ye shall geue, there shalbe sixe fre cities.
14Thre shal ye geue on this side Iordane, and thre in the londe of Canaan.
15These are the sixe fre cities, both for ye childre of Israel & for the straungers, & for soch as dwell amoge you, yt who so euer hath slaine eny soule vnawarres, maye flye thither.
16He yt smyteth eny man wt an yron weapo, yt he dye, the same is a murthurer, & shal dye the death.
17Yf he cast at him wt a stone (wherwith enyman maye be slayne) yt he dye therof, then is he a murthurer, and shal dye the death.
18Yf he smyte him wt an handweapon of wodd (wherwith eny man maie be slayne) that he dye, then is he a murthurer, and shal dye the death.
19The auenger of bloude shal bringe ye murthurer to death. Whan he fyndeth him, he shal slaye him.
20Yf he thrust at him of hate, or cast ought at him with laienge of wayte, or smyte him of envye wt his hande, that he dye,
21then shal he that hath slayne him, dye the death: for he is a murthurer. The auenger of bloude shal brynge him to death, as soone as he fyndeth him.
22But yf he thrust him by chaunce, & not of envye, or hurle ought at him without eny layenge of wayte,
23or cast at him with a stone (wherof a man maye dye, & sawe it not) so yt he dye, & is not his enemie, nether thought him eny euell,
24the shal the cogregacion iudge betwene him yt hath comytted ye slaughter, and the auenger of bloude, in soch cases.