And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them you shall add forty two cities.
If you shall keep all these commandments to do them, which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to walk always in his ways; then shall you add three cities more for you, besides these three:
And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
And on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the open country thereof round about it.
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her open country, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her open country,
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her open country, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her open country, and Kartan with her open country; three cities.
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers, and talked with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,