6. Six of those cities will be cities of safety. If a person accidentally kills someone, that person can run to those towns for safety. In addition to those six cities, you will also give 42 more cities to the Levites.
7. So you will give a total of 48 cities to the Levites. You will also give them the land around those cities.
8. The large tribes of Israel will get large pieces of land. The small tribes of Israel will get small pieces of land. So the large tribes will give more cities and the small tribes will give fewer cities to the Levites.”
9. Then the Lord said to Moses,
10. “Tell the people this: You will cross the Jordan River and go into the land of Canaan.
11. You must choose towns to be cities of safety. If someone accidentally kills another person, that person can run to one of those towns for safety.