Deuteronomy 19:2-4

21st Century King James Version

² thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

³ Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the borders of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

⁴ “And this is the case of the slayer who shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past—