¹⁰ You must not punish with death people who are not guilty. That would make you guilty yourselves. That must not happen in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

¹¹ But perhaps somebody does hate another person. He may hide himself so that he can catch his enemy. Then he may attack him and kill him. After that, he may run to one of the safe cities. ¹² If he does that, the leaders of his own town must fetch him back. They must bring him to the dead person's relative. He must die as his punishment.