Deuteronomy 19:1-3

Laws Concerning Cities of Refuge

1“When athe Lord your God cuts off the nations whose land the Lord your God is giving you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses, 2 byou shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 3You shall measure the distances
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and divide into three parts the area of the land that the Lord your God gives you as a possession, so that any manslayer can flee to them.

Deuteronomy 19:7

7Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three cities.
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