Numbers 35:23-25

International Children’s Bible

²³ Or he might drop a rock that could kill someone. It might fall on someone he did not see. And it might kill that person. He didn’t plan to hurt anyone. He didn’t hate the person he killed. ²⁴ If that happens, the community must decide what to do. They must decide between the relative of the dead person and the killer. Here are the rules. ²⁵ They must protect the killer from the dead person’s relative. They must send the killer back to the city of safety that he ran to. He must stay there until the high priest dies. The high priest had the holy oil poured on him.