Deuteronomy 19:2-4

English Standard Version

^2 (A)you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. ³ You shall measure the distances^[a] and divide into three parts the area of the land that the Lord your God gives you as a possession, so that any manslayer can flee to them.

⁴ “This is the provision for ^(B)the manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If anyone kills his neighbor unintentionally without having hated him in the past—