4. The pasturelands of the cities you are to give the Levites will extend from the city wall 500 yards on every side.
5. Measure 1,000 yards outside the city for the east side, 1,000 yards for the south side, 1,000 yards for the west side, and 1,000 yards for the north side, with the city in the center. This will belong to them as pasturelands for the cities.
6. “The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge, which you must provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give 42 other cities.
7. The total number of cities you give the Levites will be 48, along with their pasturelands.
8. Of the cities that you give from the Israelites’ territory, you should take more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one. Each tribe is to give some of its cities to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance it receives.”
9. The Lord said to Moses,
10. “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,