Numbers 35:6

⁴ The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.

⁵ You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

⁷ The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.

⁸ The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
KJV: And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
WEB: “The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the man slayer to flee to. Besides them you shall give forty-two cities.
ASV: And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities.
DARBY: And [among] the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites [shall be] the six cities of refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither, and besides them ye shall give forty-two cities:
BLB: And among the cities that you⁺ shall give to the Levites [are] six cities of refuge, which you⁺ shall give for the fleeing there of the manslayer. And to these you⁺ shall add forty-two cities.

ÅB: De byer dere skal gi levittene, skal være de seks tilfluktsstæder som dere skal gi, for at manndrapere kan flykte dit, og foruten dem skal dere gi to og førti byer.
OTB: "Av byene dere gir til levittene, utpek seks som tilfluktsbyer, hvor noen som har begått drap kan flykte. I tillegg skal dere gi førtito andre byer.
B1930: De byer I skal gi levittene, skal være de seks tilfluktsstæder som I skal gi, forat manndrapere kan fly dit, og foruten dem skal I gi to og firti byer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Joshua 21:3
So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
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Joshua 21:13
So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
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Joshua 21:38
And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,
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Psalms 62:7–8
My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
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Joshua 21:21
they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
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Psalms 142:4–5
Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
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Joshua 21:27
This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
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Joshua 21:32
And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three cities, together with their pasturelands.
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