Numbers 35:7

7 The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.

Numbers 35:7 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:7

So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be
forty eight cities
Of these forty eight cities, their names, and what tribes they were in, and which of them were particularly cities of refuge, an account is given in ( Joshua 21:10-37 ) :

them shall ye give, with their suburbs;
according to the dimensions before prescribed.

Numbers 35:7 In-Context

5 You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

6 Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

7 The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.

8 The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”

9 Then the LORD said to Moses,