Numbers 35:27

Good News Translation

and if the dead person's relative finds you and kills you, this act of revenge is not murder.

Cross References

Exodus 22:2

He must pay for what he stole. If he owns nothing, he shall be sold as a slave to pay for what he has stolen. If the stolen animal, whether a cow, a donkey, or a sheep, is found alive in his possession, he shall pay two for one. “If a thief is caught breaking into a house at night and is killed, the one who killed him is not guilty of murder. But if it happens during the day, he is guilty of murder.

Numbers 35:26

If you leave the city of refuge to which you have escaped

Numbers 35:28

Any of you guilty of manslaughter must remain in the city of refuge until the death of the High Priest, but after that you may return home.

Deuteronomy 19:10

Do this, so that innocent people will not die and so that you will not be guilty of putting them to death in the land that the Lord is giving you.

Deuteronomy 19:6

If there were only one city, the distance to it might be too great, and the relative who is responsible for taking revenge for the killing might catch you and angrily kill an innocent person. After all, it was by accident that you killed someone who was not your enemy.