Numbers 35:28-30

International Standard Version

²⁸ The inadvertent killer^[a] is to live in the town of refuge until the High Priest dies. After the death of the High Priest, the inadvertent killer is to return to the land of his inheritance. ²⁹ These are to be the statutes and ordinances for you throughout all your generations, regardless of where you live.”^[b]

Capital Cases Require Multiple Witnesses

³⁰ “Every murderer of a human being^[c] is to be executed only according to testimony^[d] given by multiple witnesses. A single witness is not to result in a death sentence.^[e]