Numbers 35:7

7 All the cities which you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasture lands.

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 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.

6 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.

7 All the cities which you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasture lands.

8 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."

9 And the LORD said to Moses,