13 And the cities that you give shall be your ^asix cities of refuge.

Cities of Refuge

41 Then Moses ^mset apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan, 42 that ⁿthe manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life:

2 “Say to the people of Israel, ^j‘Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,

7 So they set apart ^mKedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and ⁿShechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and ^oKiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) ^pin the hill country of Judah. 8 And beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they appointed ^qBezer in the wilderness on the tableland, from the tribe of Reuben, and ^rRamoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and ^sGolan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.

3 So by command of the Lord the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.

13 And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, ^hthe city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, ⁱLibnah with its pasturelands,

21 To them were given Shechem, ^lthe city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

27 ^mAnd to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, ^lthe city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two cities;

32 and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, ^lthe city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities.

36 and out of the tribe of Reuben, ^oBezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,

38 and out of the tribe of Gad, ^oRamoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, ^pMahanaim with its pasturelands,