Deuteronomy 19:2

Good News Translation

divide the territory into three parts, each with a city that can be easily reached. Then any of you that kill will be able to escape to one of them for protection.

Cross References

Exodus 21:13

But if it was an accident and he did not mean to kill him, he can escape to a place which I will choose for you, and there he will be safe.

Deuteronomy 3:18

“At the same time, I gave them the following instructions: ‘The Lord our God has given you this land east of the Jordan to occupy. Now arm your fighting men and send them across the Jordan ahead of the other tribes of Israel, to help them occupy their land.

Hebrews 6:18

There are these two things, then, that cannot change and about which God cannot lie. So we who have found safety with him are greatly encouraged to hold firmly to the hope placed before us.