Numbers 35:15-17

International Standard Version

¹⁵ that is, places^[a] of refuge for the Israelis, the resident alien,^[b] and any travelers among them. Anyone who kills a person inadvertently may flee there.”

Exceptions to Eligibility

¹⁶ “Whoever uses an iron implement to kill someone is to be adjudged^[c] a murderer, and that murderer is certainly to be put to death. ¹⁷ Furthermore, whoever uses a stone implement to kill someone is to be adjudged^[d] a murderer, and that murderer is certainly to be put to death.