Numbers 35:9-11

Revised Geneva Translation

⁹ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁰ “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When you have come over Jordan, into the land of Canaan,

¹¹ ‘you shall appoint yourselves cities to be cities of refuge for you, so that the killer who kills any person accidentally may flee there.