Numbers 35:9

Refuge cities

9 The LORD spoke to Moses:

Numbers 35:9 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:9

And the Lord spake unto Moses
At the same time, or he continued his speech unto him:

saying:
as follows.

Numbers 35:9 In-Context

7 All the cities that you give to the Levites will total forty-eight, along with their pastures.

8 As for the cities that you give from the property of the Israelites, you will take more from the larger tribes and less from the smaller. Each in proportion to its inheritance will give cities to the Levites.

9 The LORD spoke to Moses:

10 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

11 identify for yourselves cities to be refuge cities, where a person who kills someone by accident may flee.