Numbers 35:21-23

New International Reader's Version

²¹ Or what if that person hits another person with a fist so that the other dies? Then the person who does any of those things must be put to death. That person is a murderer. The dead person’s nearest male relative must kill the murderer. When he meets up with him, he must kill the murderer.

²² “ ‘But what if a person suddenly pushes someone else without being angry? Or what if that person throws something at someone else without meaning to? ²³ Or what if that person does not see the other person and drops a stone on them that kills them? He was not the dead person’s enemy. He did not mean to harm them.