22 But if someone pushes another suddenly without enmity, or hurls any object without lying in wait,

23 or, while handling any stone that could cause death, unintentionally drops it on another and death ensues, though they were not enemies, and no harm was intended,

24 then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these ordinances;

25 and the congregation shall rescue the slayer from the avenger of blood. Then the congregation shall send the slayer back to the original city of refuge. The slayer shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

Numbers 35:22-25, NRSV Catholic Edition. Copyright © 1989, 1993 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ.
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