Numbers 35:26-28

EasyEnglish Bible

²⁶ But one day, the killer might go outside the border of the safe city that he ran to. ²⁷ If he does that, the dead person's relative might find him outside the safe city. Then, if the dead person's relative kills him, the relative will not be guilty of murder. ²⁸ That is because the killer should have stayed in his safe city until the death of the leader of the priests. But after the leader of the priests dies, the killer may return to his own home.