Numbers 35:23-25

New International Reader's Version

²³ Or what if that person does not see the other person and drops a stone on them that kills them? He was not the dead person’s enemy. He did not mean to harm them. ²⁴ Then the court must decide between the person who did the act and the nearest male relative of the one who was killed. Here are the rules the court must follow. ²⁵ The court must provide a safe place for the person accused of murder. It must keep the one accused of murder safe from those who want to kill them. The court must send the accused person back to the city they ran to for safety. The accused person must stay there until the high priest dies. That priest has been anointed with holy oil.