Numbers 35:21-25
Numbers 35:21
or if he struck him with his hand with hostility, and as a result he died, the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer. The blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
Numbers 35:22
‘But if he pushed him suddenly, without hostility, or threw any object at him without malicious intent,
Numbers 35:23
or had any deadly stone, and without looking he dropped it on him so that he died, while he was not his enemy nor was he seeking to harm him,
Numbers 35:24
then the congregation shall judge between the one who fatally struck the victim and the blood avenger in accordance with these ordinances.
Numbers 35:25
And the congregation shall save the one who committed manslaughter from the hand of the blood avenger, and the congregation shall return him to his city of refuge to which he fled; and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.