Numbers 35:12-14

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹² The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, so that the slayer may not die until there is a trial before the congregation.

¹³ The cities that you designate shall be six cities of refuge for you: ¹⁴ you shall designate three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge.