Numbers 35:31-33

The Voice

³¹ If someone is indeed guilty, there shall be no alternative of life ransom for the death penalty. This crime cannot be paid off. ³² Neither shall you take money to get a person accused of manslaughter out of his obligation to live in the city of refuge. He simply must stay there till the term is up, when the high priest dies. ³³ Failure to honor life in this way contaminates the very land itself. Do not pollute the land where you live by allowing blood guilt to go unpunished. Once the land has been subjected to such violence, it must be purified, so the blood of the one who caused bloodshed must be shed.