Numbers 35:12
ESV
The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
NIV
They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that anyone accused of murder may not die before they stand trial before the assembly.
NASB
The cities shall serve you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who commits manslaughter does not die until he stands before the congregation for trial.
CSB
You will have the cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who kills someone will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
NLT
These cities will be places of protection from a dead person’s relatives who want to avenge the death. The slayer must not be put to death before being tried by the community.
KJV
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
NKJV
They shall be cities of refuge for you from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation in judgment.