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The pasture lands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all round.
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And you shall measure, outside the city, for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the middle; this shall belong to them as pasture land for their cities.
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The cities which you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit the manslayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.
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All the cities which you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasture lands.
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And as for the cities which you shall give from the possession of the people of Israel, from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance which it inherits, shall give of its cities to the Levites."
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And the LORD said to Moses,
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"Say to the people of Israel, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
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then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there.
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The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
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And the cities which you give shall be your six cities of refuge.
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You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge.