Numbers 35:13

13 Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places;

Numbers 35:13 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:13

And of these cities which ye shall give
Of the forty eight cities they were to give to the Levites, ( Numbers 35:7 ) ,

six cities shall ye have for refuge;
which, I think, makes it clear, that not all the forty eight cities were for refuge, only six of them.

Numbers 35:13 In-Context

11 Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.

12 In these towns you may be safe from him who has the right of punishment; so that death may not overtake the taker of life till he has been judged by the meeting of the people.

13 Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places;

14 Three on the other side of Jordan and three in the land of Canaan, to be safe places for flight.

15 For the children of Israel and for the man from another country who is living among them, these six towns are to be safe places, where anyone causing the death of another through error may go in flight.