Numbers 35:11-13

New American Standard Bible

^11 (A)then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your ^(B)cities of refuge, so that the one who commits manslaughter by ^[a]killing a person ^(C)unintentionally may flee there. ^12 (D)The cities shall ^[b]serve you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who commits manslaughter does not die until he stands before the congregation for ^[c]trial. ¹³ So the cities which you are to provide shall be six cities of refuge for you.