Numbers 35:9

Cities of Refuge

9 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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 will give to the Levites will be forty-eight cities, them with their pasturelands.

8 And the cities that you will give from the property of the {Israelites}, you will take more from the larger group and less from the smaller group; each of them will give according to the portion of their inheritance according to the portion that he inherits."

9 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

10 "Speak to the {Israelites} and say to them, 'When you cross the Jordan [into] the land of Canaan,

11 you will select for yourselves cities for your cities of refuge, that a killer who has killed a person unintentionally can flee there.