Numbers 35:27

New International Version

and the avenger of blood finds them outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused without being guilty of murder.

Cross References

Exodus 22:2

“If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;

Numbers 35:26

“ ‘But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which they fled

Numbers 35:28

The accused must stay in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may they return to their own property.

Deuteronomy 19:10

Do this so that innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

Deuteronomy 19:6

Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue him in a rage, overtake him if the distance is too great, and kill him even though he is not deserving of death, since he did it to his neighbor without malice aforethought.