Joshua 20:5

Tree of Life Version

Now if the blood avenger pursues him, then they will not hand the manslayer over to him, since he killed his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand.

Cross References

Leviticus 4:2

“Speak to Bnei-Yisrael, saying: If anyone sins unintentionally in any of Adonai’s mitzvot that are not to be done, and commits any one of them

Numbers 35:12

They are to be cities for refuge from the avenger, so the manslayer may not die before standing trial before the assembly.

Numbers 35:25

The assembly must protect the manslayer from the avenger of blood. The assembly should send him back to the city of refuge to which he had fled and he is to remain there until the death of the kohen gadol who was anointed with the holy oil.