Numbers 35:7

7 with their pasture land, making a total of forty-eight.

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 so that there is a square area measuring one thousand yards on each side, with the city in the middle.

6 You are to give the Levites six cities of refuge to which any of you can escape if you kill someone accidentally. In addition, give them forty-two other cities

7 with their pasture land, making a total of forty-eight.

8 The number of Levite cities in each tribe is to be determined according to the size of its territory."

9 The Lord told Moses