Deuteronomy 19:10-12

The Voice

¹⁰ That way no innocent blood will be shed in the land He is giving you to live in, and as a nation you won’t have any bloodguilt just because a city of refuge was too far away.

¹¹ But someone who does hate another person, who ambushes and kills that person can’t escape revenge by fleeing to one of these cities. ¹² The elders of his city must send representatives to bring the killer back and turn him over to the blood-avenger, the relative of the murder victim who will kill him.