13 But where one does not lie in wait and the [true] God lets it occur at his hand,*+ then I must fix for you a place where he can flee.+

14 Three cities YOU will give on this side of the Jordan,+ and three cities YOU will give in the land of Caʹnaan.+ As cities of refuge they will serve.

7 Accordingly they gave a sacred status to Keʹdesh*+ in Galʹi·lee* in the mountainous region of Naphʹta·li, and Sheʹchem+ in the mountainous region of Eʹphra·im, and Kirʹi·ath-arʹba,+ that is to say, Heʹbron, in the mountainous region of Judah.