“Say to the Israelites: Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,
“The towns that you give to the Levites shall include the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit a slayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two towns.
Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Then the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
so that anyone who kills a person without intent or by mistake may flee there; they shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.