Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan

⁴¹ Then Moses ^(A)set apart three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun,

² “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ^(A)‘Appoint^[a] for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,

⁷ So they appointed ^(A)Kedesh in Galilee, in the mountains of Naphtali, ^(B)Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and ^(C)Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron) in ^(D)the mountains of Judah.

⁸ And on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho eastward, they assigned ^(A)Bezer in the wilderness on the plain, from the tribe of Reuben, ^(B)Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and ^(C)Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.

³ So the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their common-lands: