Numbers

⁷All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. ⁸And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites. ⁹And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ¹⁰Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over Jordan into the land of Canaan, ¹¹then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the manslayer which killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. ¹²And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment. ¹³And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.