1And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,

2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ⁹⁰Assign the cities ⁹¹of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses.

3Even a refuge to the slayer who has struck a ⁹²man unintentionally; and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation for judgement.

4And ⁹³Joshua separated Cades in Galilee in the mount ⁹⁴Nephthali, and Sychem in the mount Ephraim, and the city of Arboc; this is Chebron, in the mountain of Juda.

5And beyond Jordan he ⁹⁵appointed Bosor in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Ruben, and Aremoth in Galaad out of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in the country of Basan out of the tribe of Manasse.

6These were the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger dwelling amongst them, that every one who smites a soul unintentionally should flee there, that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgement.