Numbers 35

The Israelites are commanded to give the Levites, out of their inheritances, cities and their suburbs for themselves and for their cattle, goods, etc., Numbers 35:1-3 . The suburbs to be 3,000 cubits round about from the wall of the city, Numbers 35:4 , Numbers 35:5 . The cities to be forty-two, to which six cities of refuge should be added, in all forty-eight cities, Numbers 35:6 , Numbers 35:7 . Each tribe shall give of these cities in proportion to its possessions, Numbers 35:8 . These cities to be appointed for the person who might slay his neighbor unawares, Numbers 35:9-12 . Of these six cities there shall be three on each side Jordan, Numbers 35:13 , Numbers 35:14 . The cities to be places of refuge for all who kill a person unawares, whether they be Israelites, strangers, or sojourners, Numbers 35:15 . Cases of murder to which the benefit of the cities of refuge shall not extend, Numbers 35:16-21 . Cases of manslaughter to which the benefits of the cities of refuge shall extend, Numbers 35:22 , Numbers 35:23 . How the congregation shall act between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, Numbers 35:24 , Numbers 35:25 . The manslayer shall abide in the city of refuge till the death of the high priest; he shall then return to the land of his possession, Numbers 35:26-28 . Two witnesses must attest a murder before a murderer can be put to death, Numbers 35:29 , Numbers 35:30 . Every murderer to be put to death, Numbers 35:31 . The manslayer is not to be permitted to come to the land of his inheritance till the death of the high priest, Numbers 35:32 . The land must not be polluted with blood, for the Lord dwells in it, Numbers 35:33 , Numbers 35:34 .