Numbers 35:29-34

New International Version

²⁹ “‘This is to have the force of law^(A) for you throughout the generations to come,^(B) wherever you live.^(C)

³⁰ “‘Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.^(D)

³¹ “‘Do not accept a ransom^(E) for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.

³² “‘Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge and so allow them to go back and live on their own land before the death of the high priest.

³³ “‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land,^(F) and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. ³⁴ Do not defile the land^(G) where you live and where I dwell,^(H) for I, the Lord, dwell among the Israelites.’”