Bible Verses About Cities of Refuge

"'However, if he hits him with an iron implement and thus causes his death, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

Or if he hits him with a stone in his hand big enough to kill someone, and he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

Or if he hits him with a wood utensil in his hand capable of killing someone, and he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

The next-of-kin avenger is to put the murderer to death himself - upon meeting him, he is to put him to death.

Likewise, if he shoves him out of hatred; or intentionally throws something at him, causing his death;

or out of hostility strikes him with his hand, so that he dies; then the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer; and the next-of-kin avenger is to put the murderer to death upon meeting him.

Then Moshe separated three cities on the east side of the Yarden, toward the sunrise,

to which a killer might flee, that is, someone who kills by mistake a person whom he did not previously hate, and upon fleeing to one of these cities might live there.

The cities were Betzer in the desert, in the flatland, for the Re'uveni; Ramot in Gil'ad for the Gadi; and Golan in Bashan for the M'nashi.