1
And the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying:
2
"Command the children of Israel that they give the Levites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession, and you shall also give the Levites common-land around the cities.
3
They shall have the cities to dwell in; and their common-land shall be for their cattle, for their herds, and for all their animals.
4
The common-land of the cities which you shall give the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around.
5
And you shall measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, on the south side two thousand cubits, on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits. The city shall be in the middle. This shall belong to them as common-land for the cities.
6
Now among the cities which you will give to the Levites you shall appoint six cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. And to these you shall add forty-two cities.