Numbers 35:24-26

New International Version - UK

²⁴ the assembly must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations. ²⁵ The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send the accused back to the city of refuge to which they fled. The accused must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with holy oil.

²⁶ ‘“But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which they fled