Numbers 35:5-7
Christian Standard Bible
5 Measure a thousand yards[a] outside the city for the east side, a thousand yards for the south side, a thousand yards for the west side, and a thousand yards for the north side, with the city in the center. This will belong to them as pasturelands for the cities.
6 “The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge,(A) which you will provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give forty-two other cities.(B) 7 The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, along with their pasturelands.(C)
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- 35:5 Lit 2,000 cubits
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