Numbers 35:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ The pastures that you will give the Levites around the cities will extend one thousand cubits^[a] from the city wall.

⁵ “Outside of the city, measure two thousand cubits on the east side, two thousand cubits on the south side, two thousand cubits on the west side, and two thousand cubits on the north side, with the city in the middle. This will be the pastures for the city.

⁶ “Six of the cities that you give to the Levites will be established as cities of refuge to which a person who has killed another can flee. In addition, there are to be another forty-two cities.