1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
2Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall you give to the Levites.
3The cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their animals.
4The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits round about.
5You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
6The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.
7All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities; them [shall you give] with their suburbs.
