Numbers 35:13

13 " 'Six towns will be the cities you can go to for safety.

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 When you do, choose the cities to go to for safety. People who have killed someone by accident can run to one of those cities.

12 They will be places of safety for them. People will be safe there from those who want to kill them. Then those who are charged with murder will not die before their case has been brought to the community court.

13 " 'Six towns will be the cities you can go to for safety.

14 Three will be east of the Jordan River. The other three will be in Canaan.

15 " 'Those six towns will be places where the people of Israel can go for safety. Outsiders and any other people living in Israel can also go to them for safety. So anyone who has killed another person by accident can run there.