Deuteronomy 19:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Otherwise, the avenger of blood in the heat of his anger  might pursue the one who committed manslaughter, overtake him because the distance is great, and strike him dead. Yet he did not deserve to die,  since he did not previously hate his neighbour.

Cross References

Numbers 35:12

You will have the cities as a refuge from the avenger,  so that the one who kills someone will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

2 Samuel 14:7

Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant and said, “Hand over the one who killed his brother so we may put him to death for the life of the brother he murdered. We will eliminate the heir! ” They would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on earth.’

Joshua 20:5

And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, for he killed his neighbour accidentally and did not hate him beforehand.

Deuteronomy 21:22

‘If anyone is found guilty of an offence deserving the death penalty and is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

Deuteronomy 19:5

If, for example, he goes into the forest with his neighbour to cut timber, and his hand swings the axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes his neighbour so that he dies, that person may flee to one of these cities and live.

Deuteronomy 19:7

This is why I am commanding you to set apart three cities for yourselves.