Numbers 35:6-8

Living Bible

⁶ “You shall give the Levites the six Cities of Refuge, where a person who has accidentally killed someone can run and be safe, and forty-two other cities besides. ⁷ In all, there shall be forty-eight cities with the surrounding pastureland given to the Levites. ⁸ These cities shall be in various parts of the nation; the larger tribes with many cities will give several to the Levites, while the smaller tribes will give fewer.”