Numbers 35:19 describes the avenger's right to kill the murderer, explaining the threat from which the cities protect.

Numbers 35:24 prescribes the congregation's judgment between murderer and avenger, detailing the legal process.

Numbers 35:25-27 detail the manslayer's required stay until the high priest's death, showing the limits of refuge.

Deuteronomy 19:6 gives the same rationale: prevent the avenger from killing the innocent unintentional killer in hot anger.

Deuteronomy 19:11 describes intentional murder, where the city gives no refuge—contrasting with the protection for accidental killing.

Deuteronomy 19:12 orders handing the intentional killer to the avenger, reinforcing the contrast with the refuge cities.

Joshua 20:3-6 recounts the actual appointment of the cities, citing the same purpose as refuge from the avenger.

Joshua 20:4-6 details the procedure for a manslayer seeking refuge, implementing the law given here.

Joshua 20:9 summarizes the cities as refuge for unintentional killers, echoing the command in Numbers.

Deuteronomy 4:42 gives the same law for unintentional manslaughter and refuge, establishing cities beyond the Jordan.

Joshua 20:5 repeats the protection from the avenger for unintentional killings, echoing this law.

Joshua 20:6 directly echoes 'until he stands before the congregation for judgment' from this verse.

2 Samuel 14:7 shows the avenger principle in a narrative: a family demands the killer be put to death.