Numbers 35:2-8 Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites cities to live in, from the land of their possessions, and you shall give to the Levites open land for the cities.

LITV⁽ⁱ⁾ ² Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites cities to live in, from the land of their possessions, and you shall give to the Levites open land for the cities. ³ And they shall have the cities to live in, and their open lands shall be for their livestock, and for their substance, and for all their animals. ⁴ And the open land around the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits all around. ⁵ And you shall measure outside the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits; the city being in the middle. This shall be to them the open land around the cities. ⁶ And the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge which you shall give for the manslayer that he may flee there; and besides them you shall give forty two cities. ⁷ All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty eight cities, them and the open land around them. ⁸ And you shall give the cities from the possession of the sons of Israel. From the many you shall increase, and take away from the few. According to its inheritance which it inherits each tribe shall give of its cities to the Levites.