Num 34:28 "Of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud."
Num 35:1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,
Num 35:2 "Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities.
Num 35:3 "The cities shall be theirs to live in; and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their herds and for all their beasts.
Num 35:4 ¶ "The pasture lands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits around.
Num 35:5 "You shall also measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities.
Num 35:6 "The cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.
Num 35:7 "All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands.
Num 35:8 "As for the cities which you shall give from the possession of the sons of Israel, you shall take more from the larger and you shall take less from the smaller; each shall give some of his cities to the Levites in proportion to his possession which he inherits."
Num 35:9 ¶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 35:10 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Num 35:11 then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, that the manslayer who has killed any person unintentionally may flee there.
Num 35:12 'The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for trial.
Num 35:13 'The cities which you are to give shall be your six cities of refuge.
Num 35:14 'You shall give three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge.
Num 35:15 'These six cities shall be for refuge for the sons of Israel, and for the alien and for the sojourner among them; that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
Num 35:16 ¶ 'But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Num 35:17 'If he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he will die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Num 35:18 'Or if he struck him with a wooden object in the hand, by which he might die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Num 35:19 'The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him.