7. In all, you are to give the Levites 48 cities with their pastures.
8. The cities that you are to give to the Levites from the possession of Bnei-Yisrael should be proportionate to the inheritance of each tribe—give many from the one who has many and few from the one who has few.”
9. Adonai spoke to Moses saying,
10. “Speak to Bnei-Yisrael saying: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11. You are to select cities which will be cities of refuge, to which one might flee if he has killed someone by accident.
12. They are to be cities for refuge from the avenger, so the manslayer may not die before standing trial before the assembly.
13. The six cities you designate are to be your cities of refuge.