Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
The slayer
Bible References
The slayer
Deuteronomy 4:42
Anyone who accidentally killed someone without hating him at the time of the accident could flee to one of those cities and be safe.
Numbers 35:15
These six towns will be places of refuge for the Israelites, and for the foreigner, and for the settler among them, so that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there.