"The citieswhichyou shall giveto the Levites[shall be] the sixcitiesof refuge,whichyou shall givefor the manslayerto fleeto; and in additionto them you shall giveforty-twocities.
The LORDalso will be a strongholdfor the oppressed,A strongholdin timesof trouble;
"But ifhe did not liein wait[for him], but Godlet[him] fallinto his hand,then I will appointyou a placeto whichhe may flee.
There will be a shelterto [give] shadefrom the heatby day,and refugeand protectionfrom the stormand the rain.
"You shall also measureoutsidethe cityon the eastsidetwo thousandcubits,and on the southsidetwo thousandcubits,and on the westsidetwo thousandcubits,and on the northsidetwo thousandcubits,with the cityin the center.Thisshall becometheirsas pasturelandsfor the cities.
"Cometo Me, allwho are wearyand heavy-laden,and I will give you rest.
sothat by twounchangeablethingsin whichit is impossiblefor Godto lie,we who have taken refugewould havestrongencouragementto take holdof the hopeset beforeus.
So to the sonsof Aaronthe priestthey gaveHebron,the cityof refugefor the manslayer,with its pasturelands,and Libnahwith its pasturelands,
They gavethem Shechem,the cityof refugefor the manslayer,with its pasturelands,in the hillcountryof Ephraim,and Gezerwith its pasturelands,
To the sonsof Gershon,one of the familiesof the Levites,from the half-tribeof Manasseh,[they gave] Golanin Bashan,the cityof refugefor the manslayer,with its pasturelands,and Be-eshterahwith its pasturelands;twocities.
So the sonsof Israelgavethe Levitesfrom their inheritancethesecitieswith their pasturelands,accordingto the commandof the LORD.
From the tribeof Naphtali,[they gave] Kedeshin Galilee,the cityof refugefor the manslayer,with its pasturelandsand Hammoth-dorwith its pasturelandsand Kartanwith its pasturelands;threecities.
From the tribeof Reuben,[they gave] Bezerwith its pasturelandsand Jahazwith its pasturelands,
From the tribeof Gad,[they gave] Ramothin Gilead,the cityof refugefor the manslayer,with its pasturelandsand Mahanaimwith its pasturelands,
