Numbers 35:24

²²But if he should thrust him suddenly, not through enmity, or cast anything upon him, not from an ambuscade,

²³or smite him with any stone, whereby a man may die, unawares, and it should fall upon him, and he should die, but he was not his enemy, nor sought to hurt him;

— Numbers 35:24 —

²⁵And the congregation shall rescue the slayer from the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he fled for refuge; and he shall dwell there till the death of the high priest, whom they anointed with the holy oil.

²⁶But if the slayer should in anywise go out beyond the bounds of the city whither he fled for refuge,