Numbers 35:32-34

Living Bible

³² Nor may a payment be accepted from a refugee in a City of Refuge, permitting him to return to his home before the death of the High Priest. ³³ In this way the land will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for murder except by the execution of the murderer. ³⁴ You shall not defile the land where you are going to live, for I, Jehovah, will be living there.”