Numbers 35:11 BBE

⁹  And the Lord said to Moses,

¹⁰  Say to the children of Israel, when you have gone over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

¹¹  Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.

¹²  In these towns you may be safe from him who has the right of punishment; so that death may not overtake the taker of life till he has been judged by the meeting of the people.

¹³  Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places;