1 In the plains of Moab across the Jordan from Jericho the Lord said to Moses,
2 “Tell the Israelites that from the property they receive they must give the Levites some cities to live in and pasture land round the cities.
3 These cities will belong to the Levites, and they will live there. The pasture land will be for their cattle and all their other animals.
4 The pasture land is to extend outwards from the city walls 450 metres in each direction,
5 so that there is a square area measuring 900 metres on each side, with the city in the middle.
6 You are to give the Levites six cities of refuge to which a man can escape if he kills someone accidentally. In addition, give them 42 other cities